Timing the final alfalfa cutting before mid-September offers regrowth opportunities to reduce the risk of winter injury, say experts at Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business. “Whether a grower is in a ...

How late can you make the last cutting of alfalfa? Do you cut now or wait until a killing frost? This ICM Blog will provide some guidelines to help you determine when you should make that last cutting ...

Allowing for alfalfa to winterize before dormancy is a key factor preventing winter kill across a stand. Traditionally, my ...

Jodi Henke was the writer and host of the Successful Farming/Living the Country Life National Radio programs and producer of the Successful Farming podcasts. Occasionally she writes an article and ...

With a very challenging growing season and flooding across parts of South Dakota, many growers have struggled to harvest high quality forages in-between rains this summer. As summer winds down and ...

Alfalfa will quit growing after the first hard freeze (when temperatures reach below 26°F), which in Kansas occurs on average around October 15 but can be as early as October 1 or as late as November ...

While some alfalfa growers may have to wait on first cutting due to wet conditions, this year's first cuttings are expected to be good in both quality and yield, according to forage specialists and ...

The alfalfa crop in much of the country got smoked by the drought last summer. Now, tight supplies and resulting high prices continue to make life tough for those relying on the forage for feed. But ...

Current recommendations regarding cutting height of alfalfa are designed to maximize yield while maintaining high quality forages and stand longevity. Forage growers frequently cut forages at a height ...

The first cutting of alfalfa often is the most important cutting of the year. It usually produces the most yield and its forage quality changes fastest from day to day. This spring alfalfa started ...

The alfalfa scissors cut program is nearing completion for this year. The University of Minnesota Extension is working again this spring with the Central Minnesota Forage Council, cooperating farmers ...

MANITOWOC - Warm, sunny weather in recent days has allowed Manitowoc County farmers to mostly finish cutting the first crop of alfalfa after a difficult winter and spring. Thanks to a ...