Alfalfa & Forage News

The weather looks great for 9 May, 2024..... Please Join us for a Grains/Alfalfa Field Day at UC Davis, coming up soon. Always a great field trip in the morning!!! Join us for a BBQ lunch sponsored by California Crop Improvement and learn something new about grains and alfalfa.

FREE to Attend. REGISTRATION requested. Please register HERE.

This is a great article on Stem Nematode management in the West. Stem Nematode has been a severe pest in some years throughout California's Central Valley and high mountain valleys.

Background of the Project Recent regulations, incentive funding, and the state's goal of reducing organic matter into the waste stream has led to increased organic matter application to California Farmland.

This Grade Chart represents the average Insecticide Efficacy Grade against alfalfa weevil larvae from experiments conducted in the Palo Verde Valley over the past five years, with applications being approximately 18-20 gallons/acre to ensure excellent foliar coverage.