Alfalfa will quit growing after the first hard freeze (when temperatures reach below 26°F), which in Kansas occurs on average around October 15 but can be as early as October 1 or as late as November ...

As spring brought warmer temperatures and rain, Minnesota’s alfalfa fields hosted many a winged creature, as well as University of Minnesota Extension educators conducting the work of the Alfalfa ...

Dwight Kitzen has been doing circles the past few weeks, going as fast as he can on first the swather and then the baler. He’s playing catch up thanks to the weather. Kitzen, 57, should be irrigating ...

JUNEAU – Dodge County farmers plan to harvest about 32,000 acres of hay this year. However, unseasonably high temperatures in March combined with numerous frosty mornings in April have confounded the ...

Another week of cooler than normal temperatures and rainfall slowed the second cuttings of hay and alfalfa by a few days. Hall County Extension Leader Tom Drudik said cutting resumed over the last ...