Alfalfa producers face rising costs, falling prices and limited safety-net support as exports weaken and 2025 losses near ...

Compared to the last report, demand was moderate for alfalfa but remained light for grass hay, according to the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, March 12. Open weather, ...

SWEDONA, Ill. — While the heydays of harvest are just around the corner, one golden crop is looking greener than ever for area farmers. Droughts across the great plains are bumping up prices for ...

Kansas—This past week, demand during the first week of the year remained steady. Product movement increased slightly in ...

Alfalfa is considered the “Queen of Forages” because of its high nutritive value. Alfalfa also has high N-fixation capacity meaning that no nitrogen fertilization is needed for its production. Alfalfa ...

Farmers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho grow a lot of alfalfa hay for dairies and for export. Alfalfa is an important part of Washington state’s $539 million hay industry, grown on more than 400,000 ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Hay prices in Idaho started the year really hot, with some prices north of $300 a ton, but since then they’ve come down to about $200 a ton. A snowy winter was followed by first, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Corn and soybeans weren't the only crops impacted by the cold, wet weather we had this spring. Alfalfa and hay farmers are behind as well. Alfalfa is used for feed and bedding for ...

A breeze wafted through the air on a late summer morning, rustling neatly kept plots of lush-green alfalfa at New Mexico State University’s Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center. The field had all ...

Agriculture consumes the vast majority of water from the drought-reduced 1,450-mile-long river. Making cuts will test farmers’ dominance, setting up new fights about what savings they can achieve ...