There will be no impact to the 2019 prevented plant payment. “With the severe shortage of hay, alfalfa is a crop farmers should strongly consider planting,” said Beth Nelson, President of the National ...

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

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.

Despite the various steps lawmakers have taken in recent years to get more water to the Great Salt Lake, researchers say ...

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

The new study published Tuesday zooms in on just how much farmers in the Great Salt Lake basin need to cut back on ...

U.S. hay production was up in 2024. The USDA says total production of 122.462 million tons was 3% larger than 2023, with a ...

Unfortunately, alfalfa is also prone to autotoxicity and autosupression. In a Michigan State Extension article, Kim Cassida explained the challenges of autotoxicity. The first sign of autotoxicity is ...

Figure 2. Temperature of round bale alfalfa hay from summer (16% moisture) and fall (20% moisture) cuttings relative to the ambient air temperature during the first few days after baling.