If the muddy, wet April and May kept you from seeding alfalfa this spring, now is the time to put the finishing touches on your preparation for late-summer seeding...More
When appropriate silage inoculants are applied to chopped forages, they are cost-effective, says J.W. Schroeder, North Dakota State University Extension dairy specialist...More
Baleage has gained a following. The wrapped round-bale silage takes less field-drying time than baled hay and has a wider moisture-content window compared to chopped material stored in bunker or bag silos...More
Alfalfa growers have to balance the need for tonnage, forage quality and winter survival when deciding whether to take a late cutting, say Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist, and Bill Bland, Extension climatologist...More
Slugs have stripped the leaves from alfalfa seedlings under an oat-pea cover crop in Marathon County, WI, report Dan Undersander University of Wisconsin Extension forage agronomist, and Eileen Cullen, Extension entomologist...More
Good management, possibly aided by herbicides, can reduce the amount of foxtail, crabgrass, pigweed and other weeds in alfalfa fields, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage agronomist...More
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...More
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,...More
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...More
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...More
Twelve years ago, Kendall Guither started wrapping 45%- to 55%-moisture bales for baleage, primarily as a rainy-day backup. Today this perennial winner...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...More
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....More
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....More
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...More
Stocks of conventional alfalfa seed may be a bit tight the next two years as a result of the recent court ruling preventing the planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa, say industry officials....More
Mark Renz, University of Wisconsin extension weed scientist, has received several inquiries about volunteer wheat management in summer alfalfa seedings....More
Hay & Forage Grower® today announced an agreement with the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (N.A.M.A.) to hold the 2008 National Alfalfa Symposium in conjunction with the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo in Kearney, Neb...More
Alfalfa fields impacted by the April freeze may need a couple of extra weeks of growth between harvests this summer in order to adequately recover from their rough start, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska extension forage specialist....More
Don’t give up on alfalfa because it suffered winterkill. Alfalfa has too much to offer, say Paul Peterson and Dan Undersander, extension forage specialists...More
Below-normal temperatures and wet conditions, like those Iowa is experiencing this spring, provide ideal conditions for alfalfa foliar diseases. High levels of foliar diseases in May can cause...More
