Current recommendations regarding cutting height of alfalfa are designed to maximize yield while maintaining high quality forages and stand longevity. Forage growers frequently cut forages at a height ...

Alfalfa will quit growing after the first hard freeze (when temperatures reach below 26°F), which in Kansas occurs on average around October 15 but can be as early as October 1 or as late as November ...

PEAQ Stick measuring and scissors-cut sampling will take place in the region to help alfalfa producer’s gauge cutting first crop alfalfa. According to Dan Martens, University of Minnesota Extension ...

With increasing livestock numbers, there’s an increased need for quality alfalfa. Just produce more, right? It’s not so cut and dried, according to Emily Glunk Meccage. There are many pieces to the ...

The rain, flooding and severe weather that’s plagued the Midwest in recent weeks has delayed the first alfalfa cutting in many regions. Very few fields were harvested before the extended wet period ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Yields for first-cutting alfalfa will be down, but stands appear to be recovering from April’s extremely cold weather, say Iowa State University Extension crop specialists.

Dwight Kitzen has been doing circles the past few weeks, going as fast as he can on first the swather and then the baler. He’s playing catch up thanks to the weather. Kitzen, 57, should be irrigating ...

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — The second cutting of alfalfa in central Washington’s Kittitas Valley is complete and the second cutting of timothy is getting underway. The timing on both cuttings is in line with ...

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 ...

Careful timing of alfalfa cuttings helps to achieve high forage quality and high yields and extended stand persistence. It also can be effective in reducing the impact of weed, insect and disease ...

With a very challenging growing season and flooding across parts of South Dakota, many growers have struggled to harvest high quality forages in-between rains this summer. As summer winds down and ...