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  1. lancasterfarming.com

    Nov 1, 2024Rebuilding alfalfa acreage could take creativity. The fiber digestibility of alfalfa hay is rather low, but in the first 30 hours after cutting, it's high. Alfalfa harvesting loses a lot of the leaves, which have high forage quality. As a result, alfalfa could be useful for grazing, Wang said.
  2. thebullvine.com

    Excessive rain and a poor first-cutting alfalfa crop are causing issues for farmers. Discover strategies to balance forage quality andnutrient managementeffectively. The alfalfa harvest season is critical for dairy producers because it provides necessary feed for their cows. Unfortunately, this year's first cutting has been dismal across the United States, with many farmers needing help. Heavy ...
  3. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    National Center for Biotechnology Information

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articles › PMC9039944

    INTRODUCTION. The tradeoff between yield and quality of alfalfa production could be changed by introducing low-lignin varieties. By reducing lignin content about 6 to 10%, the nutritive values of alfalfa can be expected to improve or maintain [1-4].As a perennial legume, the performance of low-lignin varieties needs to be evaluated, specifically in the non-irrigated areas with varied weather ...
    Author:Xuan Xu, Doohong MinPublication:J Anim Sci Technol. 2022 Mar; 64(2): 262-273.
  4. Jan 8, 2025In November 2022 it hit a historic low of 4,188.5 feet, rebounding slightly in the following two years. On Tuesday, both the north and south arms hovered around 4,192 feet. As water year ends ...
  5. alfalfasymposium.ucdavis.edu

    such as freedom from noxious or low quality weeds, absence of molds or dust, leaf attachment, texture and odor are also important. In the majority of US alfalfa growing regions, alfalfa quality is most often defined by utilization by high producing dairy cows, which set guidelines for quality (Table 2). So how to produce a high-quality product?
  6. onlinelibrary.wiley.com

    Introduction. Alfalfa, Medicago sativa L, is regarded as the most important forage crop in the world (Putnam et al., 2001) with a global hay market in 2017 of 8.3 million metric tons (ITC, 2018).Such importance derives from the high quality of its forage, including the high content of protein, and therefore, it is used for dairy and meat production (Ball et al., 2001; Putnam et al., 2001).
  7. extension.umn.edu

    Alfalfa is widely used as forage for livestock due to its high nutrient content. However, the crop's lignin content hampers animals' ability to digest and use alfalfa.Fortunately, relatively new alfalfa varieties with reduced-lignin concentrations have the potential to increase the feeding value of alfalfa and widen the optimal harvest window.How Minnesota crop producers could benefit from ...
  8. Figure 1. Change in yield and quality of alfalfa harvested every few days - Woodland, CA. So what is 'high enough'? A study conducted over 3 years with 18 varieties at Davis, CA showed that yields were increased from about 9.5 to 11.5 tons/acre when we went from an 'early' cutting schedule (about 24-25 days) to a 'late' cutting schedule (about 35 days) as illustrated in Figure 2 ...
  9. alfalfasymposium.ucdavis.edu

    high protein levels, thus increasing the demand for alfalfa and other high-quality feeds. Growers have responded by produc-ing higher-quality alfalfa; the average quality of hay tested by labs has increased dramatically since the 1970s (Fig. 16.2). The demand for high-quality forage is likely to intensify further, as
  10. News and information from UC Cooperative Extension about alfalfa and forage production. ... Healthy soils are key for ensuring optimum plant health for high quality, high yielding alfalfa stands, not to mention long-term crop production. ... Almond shells are high in carbon and low in Nitrogen (C:N ratio), so will immobilize some soil N ...
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