INDUSTRY NEWS

Bert Paris loves farming. After nearly 30 years of operating his dairy farm near Belleville, Wisconsin, Paris is in the process of passing on his farm to his daughter Meagan.

Extension experts in California have partnered with colleagues in South Dakota to create Match.Graze.

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to cause agricultural commodity marketing disruptions, the USDA has launched a second Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2). Unlike the first CFAP program, alfalfa producers – whether producing for forage or alfalfa seed – are now eligible for payments.

Cows and horses aren't the only fans of alfalfa. Yellow perch like it too.

That's what USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their collaborators concluded when they fed the fish pellets made with a protein concentrate from the legume crop's protein-rich leaves.

Haying season is winding down in most parts of the country. Based on the USDA’s preliminary Crop Production report estimate released Oct. 9, the harvest totals are a mixed bag.

Thanks to the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance’s (NAFA) efforts in working with Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) and other congressional offices, alfalfa farmers are now eligible for USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2).