Growing concern has been that many farmers lose too many leaves during the harvesting process...

Technology is evolving faster than ever before, and farming technology is no exception...

Weighing the costs and benefits of an opportunity can be the first step in the decision-making process. Farmers know both sides of this scale hang heavy when that decision pertains to agricultur...

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 w...

Another flip of the calendar means the first cutting of alfalfa is fast approaching for many farmers...

Fall dormancy of alfalfa is an important trait to consider when selecting a variety, but how relevant is it to farm-scale production?...

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...

Although alfalfa has been grown and studied for many generations, there are still some mysteries surrounding the crop that continue to dog us...

Alfalfa offers a great opportunity to combat the spread of herbicide-resistant weed variants on your farm for two main reasons...

Forage research and extension positions at state universities weren’t getting filled from lack of research funding and budget constraints...