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There are many routes to high-yielding alfalfa, but few of them don’t go down the potassium road. I was reminded of this after reading a recently published five-year study in Agronomy Journal that
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Adding a farm enterprise is often a complicated and hand-wringing exercise in decision making. But every once in a while, the stars align and an additional enterprise just makes perfect sense with lit
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For haymakers, natural rainfall can be the devil or the savior. It’s needed and then not needed. Raindrops on the roof can make us sleep better or not sleep at all. A haymaker’s life is spent
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It seems many people in the farming and ranching communities are still having a hard time coming to terms with the concept of climate change and what role human beings might play in this process
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In the Midwest, over the last two decades, both June and September have shown a trend toward warmer average monthly temperatures

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Dealing with an honest broker who is well-versed in the market can have many advantages that can save a farmer or customer time, resources, and money
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In my last column, I had discussed how to train your grazier’s eye to conduct ongoing pasture inventories
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Will it head early? Will it head late?These two questions follow grass varieties around like a lost puppy. They get asked by grass breeders during development; they get asked by marketing departments
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Another flip of the calendar means the first cutting of alfalfa is fast approaching for many farmers
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Fall dormancy of alfalfa is an important trait to consider when selecting a variety, but how relevant is it to farm-scale production?

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Do fresh, newly planted pastures provide better nutritional quality for grazing livestock than older pastures?
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Drought is on farmers’ minds across Missouri and other states. Monthly precipitation has been below average 17 of the last 22 months in Columbia, Mo
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During my years as an extension agent, I would occasionally be called out to a farm for the purpose of evaluating a failed or thin new alfalfa seeding field
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Although alfalfa has been grown and studied for many generations, there are still some mysteries surrounding the crop that continue to dog us
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Forage should make up the majority of any horse diet, typically around 1% to 2% of body weight

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The offseason is a time of year when you can get unexpected phone calls and possibly a few visits from sales people who are trying to pedal their agricultural wares
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One of the tools I have used to assist my grazing management decisions is the pasture inventory
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In the northern United States, hayfields often consist of a single forage species like alfalfa, but single species pastures are somewhat rare
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Alfalfa offers a great opportunity to combat the spread of herbicide-resistant weed variants on your farm for two main reasons
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In the mixed hardwood forests of the eastern U.S., silvopasturing has struggled to take hold