Dear gardeners: We no longer offer garden seed or companion products, but we still carry sweet corn, lawn seed, and wildflower mixes.
by Margaret Smith, PhD Forage Agronomist High nitrate levels in water-deficient forages are likely this late summer and fall in the drought-stressed parts of the Upper Midwest and west. In […]
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 […]
COLIN CURETON, SUPPLY CHAIN DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST FOREVER GREEN INITIATIVE, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Kernza® is a perennial grain crop that is winterhardy in the Upper Midwest. Albert Lea Seed is […]
MARGARET SMITH, PHD, FORAGE AGRONOMIST, ALBERT LEA SEED STEVEN J. CARLSON, PHD, RESEARCH AGRONOMIST Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) is manageable in both organic and conventional farming systems, but the […]
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 […]
After our first two virtual conference sessions back in December, we’re gearing up for two new, free virtual conference sessions for farmers. Farm Forages Virtual Conference – February 3, 2021, […]
Margaret Smith, PhD Forage Agronomist, Albert Lea Seed At the beginning of October in the Upper Midwest, we’re in the period of ‘hay harvest roulette’. Take a last cutting now? […]
by Margaret Smith, PhD Forage Agronomist Late summer is a great time to establish new forage seedings—if you have adequate soil moisture AND some rainfall is predicted. Like the variation […]
by Margaret Smith, PhD Forage Agronomist Drought Conditions Across the Upper Midwest Parts of the Upper Midwest have been under pre-drought or drought conditions. Much of the western half of […]
by Margaret Smith, PhD, Forage Agronomist The below-freezing temperatures across Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, and parts of Iowa may have damaged seedling or established non-GMO & organic alfalfa and red […]