Alfalfa - Harvesting

Medicago arabica Medicago heldreichii Medicago hybrida Medicago laciniata Medicago littoralis Medicago lupulina Medicago minima Medicago monantha Medicago monspeliaca Medicago orbicularis Medicago polymorpha Medicago praecox Medicago rigidula Medicago rugosa Medicago ruthenica Medicago sativa Medicago scutellata Medicago ...

Including:

• Alfalfa - Culture
• Alfalfa - Harvesting
• Alfalfa - Varieties

Read more here: » Alfalfa: Encyclopedia - Alfalfa

When alfalfa is to be used as hay, it is usually cut and baled. Loose haystacks are still used in some areas, but bales are much easier to transport. Ideally, the hay is cut just as the field is beginning to flower. When using farm equipment rather than hand-harvesting, the process begins with a swather, which cuts the alfalfa and arranges it in windrows. After it has dried, a tractor pulling a baler collects the hay into bales. There are three types of bales commonly used for alfalfa. Small "square" bales--actually rectilinear, and typicall ...

See also:

Alfalfa, Alfalfa - Culture, Alfalfa - Harvesting, Alfalfa - Varieties

Read more here: » Alfalfa: Encyclopedia II - Alfalfa - Harvesting

Alfalfa can be sown spring or fall, and does best on well-drained soils with a neutral pH of 6.8-7.5. Alfalfa requires a great deal of potash; soils low in fertility should be fertilized with manure or a chemical fertilizer. Usually a seeding rate of 13 - 17 kg/hectare (12 - 15 lb/acre) in climatic acceptable regions and a rate of 22 kg/hectare (20 lb/acre) in southern regions is used. A nurse crop is often used, particularly for spring plantings, to reduce weed problems. Her ...

See also:

Alfalfa, Alfalfa - Culture, Alfalfa - Harvesting, Alfalfa - Varieties

Read more here: » Alfalfa: Encyclopedia II - Alfalfa - Culture