On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York unanimously declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP)

“Alfalfa - ice cream in the making,” is a common saying amongst forage farmers, and if you’ve had ice cream or cheese pizza recently, you may be more involved with alfalfa than you realize

Just as roast beef and mashed potatoes make for a natural combination on dinner plates, corn silage and alfalfa are brought together in most lactating dairy cow rations

Despite the convenience of a drive-through burger, fast food products usually lack essential nutrients

When horse power, not horsepower, ruled our farm fields, we were a nation of oat growers. Those days have long passed, but the utility of oats still remains as a forage crop, and not just to fee

Below are examples of alfalfa and grass prices being paid FOB barn/stack (except for those noted as delivered, which are indicated by a "d" in the table below) for selected states at the end o

Every farm has a story.Like most stories, farms also have chapters. These chapters may be defined by one planting season, a production year, or perhaps a generation of ownership

Everyone can define their youth by a decade, and mine was the 1960s. For perspective, movies set within those 10 years span “The Sandlot” to “Easy Rider” to “Good Morning,

Performance of grazing animals is primarily affected by forage quality, the animal’s ability to select plant parts, and forage intake

Summer annuals are fast-growing, high-quality forages that can be used to supplement tall fescue systems during the summer forage slump

Hopefully, most of our Hay & Forage Grower readers in the West are aware of the nutritional advantages of cutting hay in the afternoon rather than in the early morning hours

Perhaps no other issue garners more attention from alfalfa growers than the moisture level of the crop in the windrow

Mining for precious metals or diamonds requires tried and true equipment and techniques. Simply walking around aimlessly with a metal detector or sifting the dirt won’t often prove successful

In this three-part series, we’ll be discussing specific steps you can take to use regenerative grazing to achieve certain goals

Realizing a need for small square bales caused Curtis McGuigan to shift gears on more than just his tractor, and as a result, business is booming

Pertinent information on establishing alfalfa into bermudagrass, as well as answers to common pest problems, can be found in a dashboard-sized publication recently available through Alfalfa Checkoff

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are more frequently being used for applying pesticides on farms for crop protection

As dairy farms utilize more spring-harvested winter cereal forages, cocktail forage mixes are often on the list of options of what to plant next

It may not seem like it, but first cutting is right around the corner. In fact, we’ve already started down here in the South with winter annuals

Companion: noun; one that accompanies, is closely connected, or serves another. Though often associated with a person, in the alfalfa world, companion is typically associated with a cereal grass crops