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Management tips for getting a good alfalfa stand

July 14, 2023
Donald R. Miller

Which of these five mistakes for fall planting alfalfa have you made?


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Advice from an agronomist: Increasing forage biodiversity on your ranch

Improving plant biodiversity on your ranch will often increase forage supply, forage quality and soil health, along with carbon capture potential.
June 26, 2023
Seth Urbanowitz

Interseeding and overseeding are often used interchangeably but can have distinct management implications.


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Maximize seeding yield: Plant early

Inspect new alfalfa stands about a week after freezing temperatures. If populations are inadequate for long-term productive stands, no-till alfalfa seed to thicken the stand.
April 10, 2023
Craig Sheaffer

Spring seedings provide optimal temperatures and moisture for the establishment and growth of alfalfa.


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3 seeding tips for perennial pastures

A quality stand of perennial pasture can be a great long-term solution for your soil health and bottom dollar.
April 7, 2023
Heather Smith Thomas

Traditional annuals and more exotic cocktail cover-crop mixtures can make great forage for cattle on a temporary basis, but over the long haul, a good stand of perennial pasture can be the best choice.


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Overseeding to thicken thinned alfalfa stands

The best option with today’s high fertilizer prices and corn value is to turn the stand over to take the legume and rotational credits for corn production and replant alfalfa into new fields.
March 9, 2023
Dan Undersander

Some farmers see thin alfalfa (less than 40 stems per square foot) and think about overseeding to improve the stand and yield.


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Best of both worlds: Interseeding alfalfa into corn

The reason for this somewhat “out of the box” idea is to attempt to establish alfalfa a full year earlier than a conventional crop rotation would allow.
March 7, 2023
Jerry Clark

Alfalfa producers know that any road to profitability starts with good alfalfa stand establishment. 


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Road map to develop forage-based systems

The feasibility of concentrate feeding or forage-based diets is highly dependent on the economics of both systems.
March 7, 2023
Jose Dubeux, Kalyn Waters, and Nicolas DiLorenzo

Forage-based livestock systems require year-round forage programs to provide sufficient nutrients to meet the cattle nutrient requirement.


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Frost seeding: The low-input option for pasture improvement in 2023

Frost-seeded pastures need to be grazed on a timely basis during the spring and early summer to allow light penetration into the forage canopy.
November 10, 2022
Dean Oswald

When pasture and hay producers face high costs for equipment, diesel fuel and commercial fertilizer, frost seeding can be a lower-cost option to greatly improve the quality and productivity of pastures and one-more-year hayfields.


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Growing alfalfa seed in Western states

With a dwindling alfalfa seed market, growing for seed may be a profitable option for your operation.
November 10, 2022
Heather Smith Thomas

For anyone thinking about growing alfalfa seed, he recommends attending one of their seed schools.  Find someone who is doing it, who can give advice for your area.


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Establishing alfalfa while growing corn

January 31, 2022
Marisol Berti and Samuel Bibby
The most common crop sequences in the Corn Belt region of the U.S. are continuous corn and corn-soybean. In the last two to three decades, forage-based, more diverse crop rotations have transitioned to less diverse annual crop-based rotations.
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