A new study suggests some deep cuts need to be made in alfalfa and hay production in Utah to help bring the Great Salt Lake back to a sustainable level.

New research found that the crop used to feed dairy and beef cows uses the vast majority of agricultural water that would ...

Extreme dry and wet weather conditions have become the norm, Rankin said. “We have to prepare for either scenario,” he stated ...

Alfalfa dominates crop markets across the Colorado River basin. Farmers across the West grow about 6.8 million acres of the legume hay that, combined, is worth billions of dollars. It primarily ...