Apply Extra Water Early
Applying extra water to pivot-irrigated alfalfa in May and June can help bring in higher yields later in the summer. Adding more water than the crop needs...
Rodent Remedies
California alfalfa growers have a new weapon against meadow voles and are rediscovering an old one against pocket gophers. Zinc phosphide was recently...
Check University Winterhardiness Data
If you worry about alfalfa winterkill, Dan Undersander says to choose varieties with university-generated winterhardiness scores. I feel very strongly...
THE Nose KNOWS
When corn silage or haylage doesn't ferment properly, your nose may help you identify the problem, says Limin Kung, a University of Delaware dairy scientist....
Authentic Alfalfas
2004 Buy Pure Alfalfa If you want the Real Thing, you probably have to pay for it, whether it's a Coke or a pure alfalfa variety. But alfalfa marketers,...
Racing To Resist Aphanomyces
There's a new to keep alfalfas free from a fungal disease that has been called one of the U.S.'s major limiting alfalfa diseases on poorly drained soil....
A Taste Of N
A little bit of nitrogen fertilizer on the right alfalfa fields is well worth the cost, say Steve and Randy Senn, Ephrata, WA. The brothers have been...
Banking On Bale Silage
Mike Lauwers still bales some dry hay, but hopes to eventually sell all his alfalfa as bale silage. This is far better feed than we ever before put up,...
Sulfur Boosts Alfalfa Yield
As little as 25 lbs per acre of sulfur can increase first- and second-cutting alfalfa yields by as much as 20%, according to University of Wisconsin studies....
Manure Tolerance Patent Filed
America’s Alfalfa has filed for a patent for the first manure-tolerant alfalfa genetics. In two years of testing at Waseca, MN, the company’s Ameristand...
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