Planting alfalfa this summer or fall? Romulo Lollato and Doo-Hong Min, forage specialists with Kansas State University, have some best practices to make sure your investment pays off. “Alfalfa is a ...

For the most part late summer seeding can be an excellent time to establish alfalfa which will lead to productive stands the next growing season. The decision of whether to proceed with a late summer ...

Researchers at Iowa State University are studying three grazing-friendly alfalfa varieties that can be interseeded with grass ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Seeding of alfalfa is underway throughout northeastern South Dakota. "Because alfalfa is a perennial crop, as long as it is established by the time of the first frost, it will regrow ...

USDA Approves Unregulated Planting of Transgenic Alfalfa WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2011 (ENS) – Over the objections of organic farmers and organic food consumers, and despite a legal challenge, the ...

Sclerotinia crown and stem rot, also called white mold, can be one of the most destructive diseases of alfalfa. The pathogen that causes this disease, Sclerotinia trifoliorum, infects the alfalfa ...

Mandan, N.D., farmer Mike Gartner once was stuck with a wet, salty field that couldn't be farmed. For 25 years, he paid taxes on the 9.3-acre piece but received no income from it. Finally, in late ...

Editor’s note: The following information was provided by Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist. Alfalfa is a hungry crop. Proper fertilizing in spring often is needed to feed alfalfa so it ...

Wet spring weather may have prevented you from planting alfalfa before you jumped into planting corn. Normally, I want alfalfa planted by mid-May on dryland sites and by the end of May under ...

Ruling in favor of Monsanto Co., the Supreme Court on Monday overturned a judge’s ban on the planting of alfalfa seeds engineered to be resistant to the company’s Roundup herbicide. The ruling shifts ...

JUNEAU – Dodge County farmers plan to harvest about 32,000 acres of hay this year. However, unseasonably high temperatures in March combined with numerous frosty mornings in April have confounded the ...