Alfalfa Silage Archive
Low-Cost Wide Swaths
If more Wisconsin dairy producers would chop alfalfa the same day it's mowed, they'd harvest higher-quality haylage and reduce rain-damage worries, says...
Condition Cool-Weather Haylage Cuttings
Always condition alfalfa that will be put up as dry hay. But when making wide swaths for haylage, choose to condition or not based on temperature and...
Beef Cows Weaned Into Corn
As forage harvesting costs and feed-grain prices climb, beef producers are faced with some hard feeding choices. Throw drought into the mix and these...
Manufacturer Joins Hay Industry
Not everyone views the forage industry with a doom-and-gloom attitude. W.R. Long Inc., a 25-year-old company that manufactures front-end loader attachments,...
From Standby To Mainstay
Twelve years ago, Kendall Guither started wrapping 45%- to 55%-moisture bales for baleage, primarily as a rainy-day backup. Today this perennial winner...
Tissue Tests Measure More
Hay growers can get a better idea of how fertile their alfalfa fields are if they have plants tested rather than soil. That's especially important considering...
Webworms Reported In Nebraska Alfalfa
Webworms are damaging alfalfa in Nebraska, says Bob Wright, University of Nebraska entomologist ...
Replace Damaged Alfalfa This Summer Or Fall
After the problems alfalfa has had in many areas of Kansas this year -- including freeze injury, insect infestations, and flooding -- many stands were severely damaged or destroyed. ...
NAFA Summit Promotes Alfalfa For Biofuel
If renewable fuels are to account for 25% of the U.S. energy supply by 2025 (25x'25), a number of crops will have to be utilized, and alfalfa should be one of them....
USDA Forecasts Less Alfalfa Production Than In 2006
Friday's USDA Crop Production report forecasts production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures at 69.9 million tons, down 2% from last year's total. Yields are expected ...
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