March 10, 2022
Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are more frequently being used for applying pesticides on farms for crop protection...


March 10, 2022
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...


March 8, 2022
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...


March 1, 2022
If it’s true that fiber digestibility has a greater impact on milk production than the digestibility of any other feed component, then the road to greater feed efficiency and higher milk production must include improvements in forage digestibility...


Feb. 8, 2022
Brock Kiesler is a hay producer located in Greenville, Ind., where he farms about 450 acres of hay and row crops. Annually, he produces and brokers 50,000 small square bales, 650 big square straw bale...


Feb. 7, 2022
Beef cow-calf, stocker, and backgrounding enterprises rely on the forages available to keep production costs low...


Feb. 7, 2022
Stockpiling is an important management practice that defers forage availability for a time of later use. In the southeastern U.S., perennial grasses such as tall fescue and bermudagrass...


Feb. 7, 2022
Over 2.5 million acres of nonirrigated dry hay are produced annually in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Florida, with an average yield of 5,750 pounds per acre...


Feb. 1, 2022
For many Western alfalfa growers, rodents fall into a major pest category right along with insects, diseases, and weeds...


Jan. 11, 2022
The current drought in the West has likely had no greater impact on other agricultural entities than on alfalfa, according to Dan Putnam, the longtime extension forage agronomist...