State hay market summaries for the week ending March 22, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service.

At one point in history, precision agriculture looked like a crank on a baler that determined if the hay packed tightly or ...

of fields, which could conserve about 215,000 acre feet of water, she said. Trevor Tagg, a hay farmer in the Imperial Valley, is among many opting for the program. He said alfalfa prices have ...

Kansas hay market summary for the week ending March 22, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News ...

Producing local alfalfa hay is an opportunity for growers in southeast ... historical data indicate that a field with a good first-year production can yield more in the third year than a field ...

Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-St ...

Perhaps the most useful point of this discussion is to get out into alfalfa fields to see how they’re doing over the next two to three weeks. In the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, recent ...

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 ...

For alfalfa growers, balancing pest management, harvest flexibility, and economic efficiency has long been a challenge.

It was 111 degrees when Mark McBroom stepped from his air-conditioned pickup and onto a dry alfalfa field. Remnants of ...