Through the years, we’ve made great strides in evaluating forage quality. With each passing new discovery and resulting new forage metric, we think we’ve got it figured out...

Although growers in the West and the South are well underway with this year’s alfalfa harvest, those in the Northern half of the U.S. are still greasing their mowers...

The U.S. haymow is about 12% emptier today than it was one year ago.Based on USDA’s Crop Production report released last week, May 1 hay stocks dropped by almost 2.5 million tons...

Soil pH is often the first metric to be considered when assessing a soil’s ability to support economic crop production. The acidity of a soil impacts both nutrient sufficiency and potential toxicity...

Poultry litter is a commonly used nutrient source for pastures in many parts of the United States...

Hay harvesting and feeding strategies are as variable as the weather that often dictates them...

Drought is never a certainty, but having a plan to deal with it should be. Without a plan, your options to react if a drought occurs become limited...

There’s never been a haymaker who couldn’t improve on their craft. The opportunities to enhance forage yield, quality, and persistence are nearly endless...

The average price of U.S. alfalfa hay in March climbed for the fourth consecutive month, according to USDA’s Agricultural Prices report...

The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) reminds alfalfa growers that USDA reopened the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) as a component of the administration’s Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative...