Fall Seeded Crop - The spring harvest of a fall-seeded alfalfa crop should be based on plant development and vigor. If the alfalfa plants look vigorous and the roots are well developed ...

4, at $3 billion; hay, which is mostly alfalfa, comes in at No. 8, with $1.6 billion in receipts. Growing hay and other forage and irrigating pasture for livestock (mainly cattle) takes at least ...

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

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 ...

Alfalfa does best on soils with fine to medium textures that are moderately to well ... Flower is commonly purple but may vary among shades of white, yellow and purple. Deep taproot. Hay, silage and ...

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

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

Although there's no shortage of great veggies and greens you can grow for your salad at home, one that often gets overlooked is alfalfa sprouts. Alfalfa sprouts can be eaten raw but can also be ...

USDA reported hay sale prices for southeastern California ... use most of IID's agricultural water supply, largely to grow alfalfa, an investigation by The Desert Sun and ProPublica found.

new study says”) it’s clear that Utah cannot save the Great Salt Lake and keep growing water-thirsty crops like alfalfa and hay for cattle. Propping up meat and dairy production by importing ...