What’s Your Crop’s Life Expectancy? - The intensity of cutting management (the number of cuttings made per year) should be based on the desired quality and life expectancy of the crop. If the goal is ...

This year’s wet conditions have disrupted many hay cutting schedules across Iowa, leaving many producers uncertain about when or whether to take a final alfalfa harvest. As we move into fall, it’s ...

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 ...

Poor timing in May can cost you in July and August. Start planning now. Sharpen blades, check and service equipment, and ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Yields for first-cutting alfalfa will be down, but stands appear to be recovering from April’s extremely cold weather, say Iowa State University Extension crop specialists.

If you talk to most farmers in the Brazos River Bottom many will tell you that there’s not much that can’t be grown in that fertile soil. That soil plus the availability of water has a couple of ...

Alfalfa weevil can shred the upper leaves of the plants, reducing the protein levels of the feed and giving the field a silver cast when viewed from afar. For the second year in a row, we are seeing ...

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Forage Specialist. How early can you cut alfalfa? Does it hurt alfalfa to cut first harvest before buds develop? First, cutting often ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – To measure the performance of today's alfalfa varieties one need only compare them with varieties of the past. What better way than to plant an alfalfa variety that's nearly 50 ...