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Planting alfalfa this summer or fall? Romulo Lollato and Doo-Hong Min, forage specialists with Kansas State University, have some best practices to make sure your investment pays off.
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There is a simple way to accurately measure moisture content by using a microwave.
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The ‘windrow disease’ that often follows rained on windrows presents lingering problems.
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As farmers prepare to sharpen the pencil, I think it is important to look at what hay costs to produce.
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First cutting alfalfa harvest details make a positive difference.
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As we enter this growing season, alfalfa fields are showing great potential for good tonnage production. Alfalfa can withstand temperatures as low as 20° F. However, several hours of 25 to 27° F or lower temperatures could damage leaf tissue and the alfalfa growing points.
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Be careful how you answer that question. Cost and expense are two different things.
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Proper storage methods can reduce losses and save forage and money.
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Hay meadows respond well to fertilizer.
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Lawmakers last year submitted several bills seeking to regulate farm rides after a 2014 hayride crash in Mechanic Falls killed a 17-year-old girl and injured more than 20 others.
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