Land O’Lakes Buys ABI Alfalfa 

Land O’Lakes, Inc., has entered into an agreement to buy the assets of ABI Alfalfa, Inc. The sale is expected to close Aug. 1....

PLH Alfalfas Rarely Need Treatment 

Alfalfa varieties with greater than 50% potato leafhopper (PLH) re-sistance can withstand three times as many leafhoppers as suscep-tible varieties before insecticide treatment is warranted....

Alfalfa Acreage 2% Higher 

U.S. hay growers are harvesting about 2% more alfalfa acres this year than last...

Height Determines Alfalfa Quality 

Plant height is more important than maturity when deciding when to cut alfalfa, says Dwain Meyer, North Dakota State University agronomist....

Packing Properly? 

Custom harvesters who pack clients' bunker silos or silage piles may want to check silage density levels either to prove or improve their services. The...

New Web Site Provides Alfalfa Information 

Forage Genetics International’s new Web site is a free, non-commercial resource offering alfalfa production and management information. ...

New York's Private Pest 

The alfalfa snout beetle is a root-feeding weevil that mimics winterkill and a host of other problems. That means it can easily hide in alfalfa fields...

RR Alfalfa Coming This Year 

Roundup Ready alfalfa will debut in mid-2005 if the U.S. governmental regulatory process continues to go smoothly. That's according to Mark McCaslin,...

Armed For Alfalfa Weevils 

Chuck Noble doesn't see much alfalfa weevil damage in his 300 acres of alfalfa near Winner, SD. But that doesn't mean the weevils aren't lurking. It means...

Mix It Up 

Taking haylage or corn silage from the entire face of a bunker silo and mixing it can help maximize ration consistency. So says Bill Stone, a Cornell...

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Before buying your alfalfa seed for next season, check out the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance’s (NAFA) 2010 Edition of Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties. It is now in the November issue of Hay & Forage Grower.

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