Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRUITA, Colo. — The green shoots that rise from the soil under Perry Cabot's cultivation look a little different from the standard ...

Alfalfa is an important and valuable forage crop with high protein content as feed for dairy cows, beef cattle, calves and other livestock. It is highly beneficial to enrich soil with nitrogen and a ...

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 ...

There’s a definite sense of long-term optimism among alfalfa growers nationwide, according to Beth Nelson, president of the National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance, which is based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Grasshoppers and Mormon crickets are back this summer, causing considerable damage to rangelands and forage in western states. The insects cause $318 million in crop losses to alfalfa annually, ...

Once the heat was turned on and snow cleared from alfalfa grounds across Minnesota, it didn’t take long to see which fields came out of winter strong and which may need replacing. Damon Knobloch, a ...

WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. -- The dry weather continues to be an issue across the state. Corn and soybeans are struggling in some parts of Minnesota, but the alfalfa crop has become a concern, too. "Some of ...

MT. VERNON — Wet weather in April and May followed by a July heat wave have left Grant County alfalfa crops in a mostly positive state this summer. While water is generally good for plant growth, too ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This story is one part of a broader series about ways to save water from the drying Colorado River. See the full project here. There’s really no debate, the ...

The Department of Agronomy at the University of Cordoba, together with the IAS–CSIC, has improved the AquaCrop growth simulation model used by the UN by introducing the option of simulating alfalfa ...