(The remainder of the diet was hay.) The horses were monitored over ... plants can take up more calcium than grass. In fact, chopped alfalfa contains between 30 and 50% more calcium than grass ...

This build-up usually isn’t hazardous to grazing animals, but green chop or hay cut right after a freeze can be more dangerous. Alfalfa reacts two ways to a hard freeze, down close to twenty degrees, ...

Hay trades picked up in the southwest and south central regions, but demand is till light according to the Kansas Department ...

Kansas hay market report for the week ending Jan. 18, from the Kansas Department of Agriculture-USDA Market News Service, Jan ...

NEWTON, Utah — A new study suggests some deep cuts need to be made in alfalfa and hay production in Utah to help bring the Great Salt Lake back to a sustainable level. The study, published ...

The practice of growing different but complementary plants within a given area, also known as intercropping, has numerous positive effects, such as reduced soil erosion, weed suppression, nitrogen ...

“He chopped off Abby’s ponytail!” I was told by a carer, who gestured to the little angel, sitting there with a perfectly neat (in my opinion) bob. “He chopped off Abby’s ponytail!

Of that, 80 percent goes to alfalfa and hay that primarily feed cattle. “When you look at the specifics of agriculture, there’s just one major, big source [irrigated livestock feed crops] for ...