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Alfalfa is one of those animal foods that are kind of taken for granted as it is so plentiful – it seems to be used everywhere, for all types of animals. But believe it or not, there are actually a lot of uses for alfalfa that have nothing to do with cows.
The alfalfa snout beetle (ASB) remains a key limiting factor to alfalfa stand life in northern New York, capable of killing entire stands or large portions of stands in a single year.
Aphanomyces root rot has plagued alfalfa growers for decades. Over the years, two different genetic manifestations of the disease have been discovered: Race 1 and Race 2. Fortunately, alfalfa varieties with resistance to both races have been on the market for a while, providing excellent protection for alfalfa growers across the country.
Four U.S. senators are asking the U.S. Department of the Treasury to review ChemChina’s proposed purchase of Syngenta as it relates to U.S. national security and the American food system.
The quality of alfalfa hay is determined by its maturity at cutting, environmental conditions prior to and during harvest, and by handling and storage processes post-harvest. Environmental conditions vary from year to year and day to day, so calendar date is not a good predictor.
“Measure yield” is the number one thing growers can do to help themselves improve crop production, according to Dr. Quirine M. Ketterings, who spoke at the 2016 Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) annual meetings.
On March 3, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and a host of other agricultural groups revealed a ground-breaking data repository that supporters say will give farmers ultimate control over the ever-increasing business data gathered and transmitted by high-tech farm machinery.
A healthy appetite for alfalfa hay in the Middle East helped boost U.S. exports in January, according to latest estimates from USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service.
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