Low soil moisture levels could dampen alfalfa and other forage growth in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota, according to specialists from those states....More
Glyphosate applied to seedling Roundup Ready alfalfa outperformed a popular conventional herbicide in a 2012 Wisconsin study, killing more weeds and delivering a higher first-cutting alfalfa yield....More
State hay supplies are on the low side, but the price of dairy-quality alfalfa in Idaho has remained relatively flat over the last few months, reports Glenn Shewmaker, University of Idaho Extension forage specialist....More
With an eye toward developing a regional, producer-oriented forage-marketing organization, the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (N.A.M.A.) has opened up its membership to growers from beyond the state’s borders....More
Rising global demand for premium forage products and record domestic hay prices pushed U.S. hay-export values to $1.25 billion in 2012, according to the recent International Agricultural Trade Report from USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)....More
Prices for first-cutting, supreme-quality alfalfa hay should range about $200-220/ton (f.o.b. stack) in many areas of the West, $220-230/ton in California’s Imperial Valley and $240-250/ton in central California, estimated Seth Hoyt....More
The following eight-step management plan, to interseed alfalfa into bermudagrass, was put together by Donald Wood, University of Georgia (UGA) forage breeding program coordinator...More
