How to Grow Great Alfalfa & Other Forages

How to Grow Great Alfalfa & Other Forages
Author: Harold Willis
Publisher: Acres USA
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2008
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781601730039

How to grow great alfalfa and other forages. Growing a healthy stand, promoting vigorous forage growth through soil life, weed control and balanced soil fertility. Describing when forages should be cut (pre-bloom, first bloom or mid-bloom). This book shows how to measure forage quality.

Alfalfa Management Guide

Alfalfa Management Guide
Author: D. J. Undersander
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Alfalfa
ISBN: 9780891181798

The Alfalfa Management Guide is designed especially for busy growers, with to-the-point recommendations, useful images of diseased plants and pests, and quick-reference tables and charts. Revised in 2011, this edition of Alfalfa Management Guide covers the latest strategies for alfalfa establishment, production, and harvest-soil testing, fertilizing, integrated pest management, rotation, and more.

Overseeding and Companion Cropping in Alfalfa

Overseeding and Companion Cropping in Alfalfa
Author: W. Mick Canevari
Publisher: UCANR Publications
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781601073525

Alfalfa is considered the “queen of forages” because it is high yielding, high in forage quality, a persistent perennial, and resistant to many pests and diseases. Because of these qualities, alfalfa is not a crop that is typically thought to benefit from overseeding or companion cropping. However, overseeding can enhance your yield and the quality of your stand, and companion cropping may hold significant pest-management advantages. Find out when and why you may want to overseed or companion crop to reap these benefits. Inside you’ll find information on: • Factors to consider for overseeding including selecting the right species • Seeding dates and rates for various crops used in overseeding • Harvest compatibility • Risks and benefits of companion cropping • Various possible companion crops • Pest interactions in mixed alfalfa crops • Quality, market and economic considerations of mixed alfalfa crops This concise, easy-to-use, 31-page guide is profusely illustrated with 31 color photographs and 12 tables.

Alfalfa Management Guide

Alfalfa Management Guide
Author: Dan Undersander
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2021-07-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0891183477

Learn how to achieve top yields to maximize profits. This 2011 edition offers the latest information and strategies for alfalfa establishment, production, and harvest. Includes many color photos and charts.

Harvested Forages

Harvested Forages
Author: Rodney Dwain Horrocks
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 1999-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080533310

Harvested Forages deals with the subject of food for domestic animal feeding. Such food is called "forage" and includes things like alfalfa and other plants usually referred to as "hay." Topics include the ways that this forage is produced, how it is harvested, and ways that it should be stored. Other issues that are dealt with include various criteria and measurement procedures for assessing forage nutritive quality, potential health hazards associated with particular plants and plant toxins, and various issues of plant growth, pest control, and soil fertility--among other topics. This book is essential for any institution with a strong program in range sciences, animal sciences, animal feeding and nutrition, and related programs. Synthesizes and summarizes a vast and widely dispersed literature in animal science Serves as a reference for managers of harvested forages as well as all those involved with the forage production industry

Growing Alfalfa in Arizona

Growing Alfalfa in Arizona
Author: Robert E. Dennis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1977
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

A University of Arizona study examines all aspects of the production of alfalfa for the purposes of forage, including information on different blends, land and seed selection, fertilization, methods of harvesting, weed control, insect and mite pests, and diseases.

Forages, Volume 2

Forages, Volume 2
Author: Kenneth J. Moore
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 968
Release: 2020-05-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119436613

Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 7th Edition, Volume II will extensively evaluate the current knowledge and information on forage agriculture. Chapters written by leading researchers and authorities in grassland agriculture are aggregated under section themes, each one representing a major topic within grassland science and agriculture. This 7th edition will include two new additional chapters covering all aspects of forage physiology in three separate chapters, instead of one in previous editions. Chapters will be updated throughout to include new information that has developed since the last edition. This new edition of the classic reference serves as a comprehensive supplement to An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture, Volume I.