Make hay when the sun shines. That’s a saying that means exactly what is says. “When it’s go time, it’s all hands on deck,” ...

“If you bale at 10 percent, the hay will have an RFV of 140. If you bale the same field of alfalfa at 16 percent moisture, you can increase RFV about 40 points.” The same is true for yield.

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Alfalfa is categorized into three grades — supreme, premium and A grade — according to its nutritional content. With their cool nights and reliable irrigation, Utah and Idaho are famed for ...

The driest regions in the West grow the thirstiest hay. California’s Imperial Valley, a juggernaut of hay output, laps up more water than anywhere in the whole Colorado River Basin, accounting ...

Bauder said it is important to get hay off the field and into storage soon after baling. The biggest mistake producers make with hay is in storage, especially for twine-wrapped bales, Bauder said.

Join us online for a free day of education on June 8 to gain insights on reducing weeds in forages, mowing and drying hay and haylage and much more. Introducing Farm Journal Field Days: Hay and ...

Alfalfa improves soil characteristics with its deep roots; as a legume, it fixes atmospheric nitrogen through bacteria in the root nodules. Because of its nature as a perennial plant that stays in the ...

Alfalfa dominates crop markets across the Colorado River basin. Farmers across the West grow about 6.8 million acres of the legume hay that, combined, is worth billions of dollars.

BERYL, Utah — Craig Laub’s father started growing alfalfa hay here after he came home from the Army. “He came home after World War II,” Laub said, “come out here and developed the farm ...

Growing up in Mansfield, Ohio, Cade Stover was known for several things. His football skills spoke for themselves, standing 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds, and led him to a scholarship spot on Ohio State ...

Alfalfa and hay in the basin use an average 3.1 billion cubic meters of water a year — more than three times the 975 million cubic meters funneled to municipal, commercial and industrial uses ...