Alfalfa, once a dominant forage in Georgia, is the third-highest crop for economic returns in the United States. Combined with cheap nitrogen prices, difficulty growing the desirable forage crop in ...

The stress of forage season is officially underway for farmers across the country. With alfalfa being one of the most important forage crops on the farm and feed prices on the rise, it’s critical to ...

With above average temperatures this year, alfalfa weevil development is well ahead of schedule compared to recent years. Adults have already emerged from their overwintering sites to lay eggs in ...

Alfalfa U topics and speakers during its 10 year run gave producers all the expert knowledge they could ever need, Field Editor Kylene Scott writes. Read More ...

Warm weather means some insect pests are on the move. John Tooker, an Extension entomologist, said alfalfa weevil adults become active when temperatures hit 45 degrees, so they are out and about, ...

In the Harquahala Valley, hay fields stretch as far as the eye can see. Alfalfa hay is mainly used as feed for cattle and is big business in Arizona, with Arizona farms exporting over $100 million ...

Genetic engineering scientists have been working for years to improve alfalfa. Reduced lignin and condensed tannin traits have been targeted to address the shortfalls of alfalfa quality. The lower ...

When shopping for the right alfalfa variety, it’s usually well worth splurging for a top yielder, retired University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and forage expert Dan Undersander says. Undersander ...

Judith Puncochar, at the age of 74, is rewilding 135 acres of farmland along the Middle Loup River in Howard County in central Nebraska.

During a recent bout of seasonal allergies, I learned that nettle tea is a folk remedy for hay fever. That sparked my curiosity about herbal teas and ones made here locally.

As egg prices continues to rise, the demand for chicks is also increasing, the easter holiday also adds to people's interest in buying chicks for egg laying. Thousands of bees are dying across the ...

Apr. 24, 2025 — In a landmark clinical trial people at risk for Alzheimer's who exercised at low or moderate-high intensity showed less cognitive decline when ... Exercise Boosts Brain Health ...