IMPROVING With Age
As with fine wines, time has done great things for leafhopper-resistant alfalfa varieties. The industry has come a long way increasing the level of resistance,...
Check Winter Survival When Choosing Alfalfas
The alfalfa variety tables in your November issue (Grade A Alfalfas, page 11) included helpful information for growers. But some of the winterhardiness...
Grade A Alfalfas
Growers give alfalfa varieties top marks if they're high-yielding, persistent and provide good feed value. To get the information needed to make wise...
Give Forages Some R&R
This fall is a good time to give forage fields and pastures some tender loving care following a difficult growing sea-son."This was one of the more stressful...
Banking On Buchneri
It was a long, hot summer in rural Greenville, OH. But first-cut alfalfa haylage at Todd Schmitmeyer's 90-cow dairy farm has kept its cool this year....
Jump-Start Quality
A concerted effort to improve forage quality paid off in higher milk production, better herd health and lower feed costs for Tom Swyers, Perry, NY. Swyers...
Stand And Recover
I think their yields are going to be up there in the top category for sure, especially for growers who often have problems with the alfalfa laying down....
Disregard Dandelions
The bright yellow in your alfalfa fields might be an eyesore, but probably isn't a threat to your profits unless you try to get rid of it. For four consecutive...
Pinpointing Pests
Staying one step ahead of the pests in your alfalfa can save you big, in terms of yield and quality. And the best way to do that is knowing where to look...
Calculate Weevil-Spraying Economics
Spraying for alfalfa weevils can improve relative feed value (RFV) by 10 points, plus there likely will be small gains in crude protein content and yield....
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