PEAQ Stick measuring and scissors-cut sampling has started in the region to help alfalfa producer’s gauge cutting first crop alfalfa. Hay shortage from drought and alfalfa winterkill in 2013 has ...

Piling cut hay into windrows makes your baler more efficient. Want to get started on small-scale hay production? Learn how to tell when a hay field is ready to cut with expert advice for beginners.

It’s nice to be headed into fall and know the barn is full of bright green hay for the ewes to enjoy over the winter. Come March and the arrival of our new lambs, we will be able to provide them with ...

MANITOWOC - Warm, sunny weather in recent days has allowed Manitowoc County farmers to mostly finish cutting the first crop of alfalfa after a difficult winter and spring. Thanks to a ...

California's drought has been shining a light on alfalfa, a thirsty plant that uses more water than any other crop in the state. Alfalfa is the top crop in the Imperial Valley, where year-round heat ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – To measure the performance of today's alfalfa varieties one need only compare them with varieties of the past. What better way than to plant an alfalfa variety that's nearly 50 ...