The first cutting of alfalfa often is the most important cutting of the year. It usually produces the most yield and its forage quality changes fastest from day to day. This spring alfalfa started ...

As spring brought warmer temperatures and rain, Minnesota’s alfalfa fields hosted many a winged creature, as well as University of Minnesota Extension educators conducting the work of the Alfalfa ...

Experts on alfalfa production recognize the growing season challenges many growers face this year and recommend producers continue to use sound practices that yield results. From late to May, ...

If I ever tried to farm, I would want to raise hay. Hay appeals to multiple senses. Sight: hay fields are beautiful green, sometime crowned with lavender alfalfa blooms. Across the American continent, ...

Mark and Sharla Wagoner and their son Tim grow wheat and alfalfa seed at Touchet, near Walla Walla, Wash., on the farm where Mark grew up. He came back to the farm after graduating from Washington ...

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Forage Specialist. How early can you cut alfalfa? Does it hurt alfalfa to cut first harvest before buds develop? First, cutting often ...

Q: I heard you recommend using alfalfa meal as a fertilizer, but when I was growing up on the farm we fed that stuff to our horses. What is the advantage of using it, and when and how should I apply ...

Some of the research pastures included warm-season old world bluestem grass (left) mixed with legumes including alfalfa (purple blooms, center) and yellow sweetclover (yellow blooms, lower left). The ...