With alfalfa being one of the most important forage crops on the farm and feed prices on the rise, it’s critical to ensure your stand is harvested in a timely manner to maximize quality while ...

Alfalfa or Medicago Sativa is a blue or purple flower-producing plant, flowering mostly in California during summer. Learn about its nutritional value and potential health benefits.

The Alfalfa Harvest Alert helps forage producers make timely and informed decisions about when to harvest. Local Extension ...

Alfalfa plant, which is botanically known as medicago sativa, is a perennial legume plant rich in nutrients and crucial for livestock feed. It contains and provides high-protein hay, silage, and ...

ARS said the study shows 76 percent of honey bees revisited the same plot of alfalfa flowers in contrast to 47 percent of eastern bumble bees.

The romance between bees and flowers is not always gentle. Alfalfa flowers, for instance, can be brutal. Last week Dr. Ephraim Hixson of the University of Nebraska was trying to make alfalfa ...

News; Sci/Tech; Cool Critters: Why the ‘flying pearls’ alkali bee deserves more buzz Sun., June 1, 2025 An alkali bee is shown pollinating a purple alfalfa flower. (Doug Walsh) ...

While the alfalfa will only be on the ISS for six weeks, Lewis said it may take up to 10 months for NASA to give him the plants back. The Final Frontier Plant Habitat cost around $2.3 million.

Getting paid to swap alfalfa for another plant could be a better option for farmers than being paid to fallow their fields, as is done under current water-saving programs, Cabot said.