Alfalfa can be sown either in early spring or late summer in Kentucky. Late summer seedings need six to eight weeks to germinate and grow before the first hard freeze. This usually means planting ...

The Garbe family — mom Kim; son Tegon, 8, and dad Otis — shares a relaxed moment in the final days of alfalfa seed harvest outside their combine Sept. 7 in Touchet, Wash. TOUCHET, Wash. — Otis Garbe ...

In 1940, alfalfa-seed farmers in the desert of central Utah made an interesting discovery: The primary pollinator of their crop was not the honeybee, but the alkali bees that nested in the region’s ...

Alfalfa is an important and valuable forage crop with high protein content as feed for dairy cows, beef cattle, calves and other livestock. It is highly beneficial to enrich soil with nitrogen and a ...

High Plains Journal’s Virtual Alfalfa U concluded with a fourth session—titled Tailgate Talk—on March 11, which included the ever-popular farmer panel. The panelists included: Andrew Eddie of RNH ...