Vitamin D: Solar to Dollars

With a smart finance plan, serious incentives and an established solar contractor, two California dairymen have turned 4 acres of solar technology into a real cash cow.

Alfalfa: Planted on the Diagonal

An innovative approach to planting alfalfa produces exceptional yields.

Caring for Hay Fields

Maintaining your hay fields is a year-round job and one that pays in higher yields.

Quality Balers = Quality Bales

It takes a lot of hay just to meet the needs of the Wheeler family farm.

Tackling Toxic Weeds

An equal opportunity problem, weeds can show up in grass hay just as easily as in alfalfa.

Will Wheeler plants alfalfa in a cross-hatch pattern.

Alfalfa: Irrigation, Harvest Scheduling and Rotation Timing

Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a novice hay producer, questions about alfalfa production are bound to come up. With the help of the Alfalfa Management Guide and a variety of other sources, we address three topics here: irrigation, harvest scheduling and rotation timing.