…make a delicious tapioca-like pudding. Or, use them to sprout into micro greens. They’re similar to alfalfa in taste and texture. How to observe National Chia Day: Add chia to…
Milk Production Drops, Costs Rise from 2014
…& Management $1.52 Marketing $0.56 Operating $2.93 Labor $1.70 Replacements $2.12 Statewide Cost Comparison Summary Feed $10.46 cow hay and grain commodities. In 2015, alfalfa hay fed averaged $278 per…
Strengthening Dairy Safety Net Program Must be Priority as Farm Bill Discussions Commence
…of adjustments that will affect the way both feed prices (including corn, alfalfa and soybean meal) and milk prices are calculated. The most needed improvement is restoring the feed cost…
National Alfalfa Checkoff Launches on January 1st
The National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance will launch its first ever alfalfa checkoff on January first. The initiative is called the U.S. Alfalfa Farmer Research Initiative, designed to help offset…
Funding for Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
…with the aid of biotechnology. Another project was awarded to the USDA-Agricultural Research Service worksite in Prosser, Wash., which examined ways to minimize the unintended presence of GE alfalfa in…
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa, Canola, and Sugarbeets in the United States
…varieties are resistant to glyphosate. Alfalfa Approximately 18 million acres of alfalfa, with a production value of $10.7 billion, were harvested in the United States in 2013. Alfalfa is the…
Pacific Region October Crop Production Report
…pecan production forecast is 5.0 million pounds. The corn for grain production forecast is 13.5 million bushels, up 43 percent from 2015; alfalfa hay production forecast is 6.09 million tons,…
Clean Water Act: Report Details how Agencies Expand Authority
…the Corps told a landowner last year that changing the use of a field from growing alfalfa to orchards would constitute a land-use change, allowing regulators to pursue an enforcement…
FWS Proposes Endangered Species Act Protections for Bumble Bee Species
…of cranberries, blueberries, apples, alfalfa and numerous other crops.” The Fish and Wildlife Service says the number of rust patch bumble bee populations has declined by 91 percent. The proposal…
Demand for Hay Depends on Level of its Quality
Lack of profitability on dairies, the No. 1 consumer of alfalfa and other forages, has depressed demand for hay, dragging down prices that had reached record-high levels two years ago,…
Breaking Down Belt Pesticide Ban
…such as almonds, walnuts, processing tomatoes, cotton, alfalfa and others. Bayer Industry Relations Lead, Lee Hall, explains what led up to the EPA’s changed decision. “We got the registration in…
Crop Production Forecast
…of water. Other Crops – The rice production forecast is 49.2 million cwt., up 31 percent from 2015; alfalfa hay is 5.83 million tons, up 7 percent; other hay is…
CA Nitrogen Assessment Brings Improvement Opportunities
…crop nitrogen demand and fertilization with irrigation methods. In collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension advisors, Wu is conducting field experiments on alfalfa in Imperial County, almonds in the Central Valley…
S&W Seed Company Signs First U.S. Sorghum License Agreement
…supplying a range of forage and specialty crop products to support the growing global demand for animal proteins and healthier consumer diets. The Company is the global leader in alfalfa…