Planting grass and alfalfa in hay fields this spring might be a better choice for some producers than planting pure alfalfa. Planting alfalfa mixed with grass, such as orchardgrass, has many ...

In the early 1860s Henry Miller and Charles Lux, a pair of German immigrants who had established themselves as butchers in San Francisco, began buying land along the San Joaquin River in the Central ...

Alfalfa genetically modified to withstand Monsanto Co.’s Roundup weed killer was correctly deemed by agriculture officials not to be a plant pest that needs to be regulated, a federal appeals court ...

That’s not just a load of hay you see rumbling by on Western highways during summer months. Those hay bales form the foundation of rural agriculture in many Western communities. Alfalfa is a major ...

Craig Weber and his family. From left are Garrett, Courtney, Evan, Maria, Craig, Samantha Ashby and son-in-law Zach Ashby. PARMA, Idaho — Weber Family Farms has been growing alfalfa seed for several ...

MANITOWOC COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- The spring season is underway in many parts of Northeast Wisconsin, but some Lakeshore dairy farmers are dealing with an outlook of a different kind. In Manitowoc ...

Reporting from Holtville, Calif. — The machine harvester cut across Ronnie Leimgruber’s alfalfa field, blades whirring, leaving behind a thick trail of leafy legume ready to be dried and baled.

Stop growing alfalfa. Utah is the second driest state in the nation. Alfalfa is the state’s largest agricultural crop. 82% of Utah’s water is used for agriculture, and 50% of Utah’s agricultural water ...