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By Margaret Smith, PhD Albert Lea Seed Agronomist Is your alfalfa stand thinning or are there winterkilled areas in your fields? Once you’ve evaluated the stand, what’s next? Depending on […]
By Margaret Smith, PhD Albert Lea Seed Forage Agronomist It was a tough winter in the Upper Midwest and other areas experiencing drought conditions. Averaged across the winter months, this […]
Mac Ehrhardt, Chairman Brett Bell, President and CEO A farmer in Wisconsin recently told us, “It’s the third time I’ve planted that field, and when I got done planting it […]
Mac Ehrhardt, Chairman Brett Bell, President and CEO You don’t need us to tell you that 2024 has been a challenging year. Organic farmers across the U.S. have been faced […]
Margaret A Smith, PhD Albert Lea Seed Forage Agronomist Photo: Theresa Pedretti We’ve come through a difficult 2023 growing season in much of the Upper Midwest. Below-average and poorly distributed […]
Margaret A Smith, PhD, Forage Agronomist Photo: Alfalfa with 30% grass mix, courtesy of Jerry Cherney, Forage Extension Specialist and Professor of Agriculture at Cornell University Most of the hay […]
Margaret A Smith, PhD Albert Lea Seed Forage Agronomist Photo courtesy of Sara Bauder, extension field specialist for agronomy at South Dakota State University. We continue to get calls this […]
Margaret A Smith, PhD Albert Lea Seed Forage Agronomist Seeing loss in your alfalfa stand? Whether it’s 100 percent alfalfa or a mix of alfalfa and grass, you will lose […]
by Margaret Smith, PhD Forage Agronomist Late summer may be a good time to establish new forage seedings—if you have adequate soil moisture AND some rainfall is predicted. Success of […]
Albert Lea Seed hosted two 2021 Virtual Conference Days: Forages Day and Small Grains Day. The videos of each of those sessions is now available on the Albert Lea Seed […]