There will be no impact to the 2019 prevented plant payment. “With the severe shortage of hay, alfalfa is a crop farmers should strongly consider planting,” said Beth Nelson, President of the National ...

A new study suggests some deep cuts need to be made in alfalfa and hay production in Utah to help bring the Great Salt Lake ...

New research found that the crop used to feed dairy and beef cows uses the vast majority of agricultural water that would ...

Despite the various steps lawmakers have taken in recent years to get more water to the Great Salt Lake, researchers say ...

The new study published Tuesday zooms in on just how much farmers in the Great Salt Lake basin need to cut back on ...

Fall Seeded Crop - The spring harvest of a fall-seeded alfalfa crop should be based on plant development and vigor. If the alfalfa plants look vigorous and the roots are well developed, spring cutting ...

U.S. hay production was up in 2024. The USDA says total production of 122.462 million tons was 3% larger than 2023, with a ...

Figure 2. Temperature of round bale alfalfa hay from summer (16% moisture) and fall (20% moisture) cuttings relative to the ambient air temperature during the first few days after baling.

Reducing the amount of water used to irrigate livestock feed crops may be critical to revitalizing the dried-out Great Salt ...

Despite the various steps lawmakers have taken in recent years to get more water to the Great Salt Lake, researchers say ...