MADISON, S.D.— When Denyce Bravo had to decide on a research project proposal for her biological instrumentation class, she knew she wanted to do something with bees. “It’s the fact that bees are ...

Alfalfa weevils in Montana have developed insecticide resistance, and there are some indications that it could happen in western South Dakota as well.

Fall dormancy is a measure of an alfalfa plant’s ability to regrow in the fall after harvest and spring following winter. It is scored on a scale ranging from 1 to 11, with 1 being most dormant and 11 ...

Ordinary alfalfa plants are being used as miniature gold factories that one day could provide the nanotechnology industry with a continuous harvest of gold nanoparticles. An international research ...

Difficult weather conditions have thrown alfalfa harvesting off schedule this year. "This raises the question of best management for the alfalfa harvest as the end of the growing season approaches," ...

Alfalfa, also known in Latin as Medicago sativa, is an agricultural crop that is part of the legume family. It is known as a protein-rich food source for dairy cattle that is easily digested and can ...

What this pairing of almonds and alfalfa lacks in the menacing presence of Mr. T it makes up for in the potential to facilitate more sustainable and efficient almond farming. The study, published in ...

Sclerotinia crown and stem rot, also called white mold, can be one of the most destructive diseases of alfalfa. The pathogen that causes this disease, Sclerotinia trifoliorum, infects the alfalfa ...

ALTURA, Minn. — Deb Samac, a plant pathologist with USDA-ARS, held up an alfalfa plant to a group of approximately 25 farmers, seed dealers and other agriculture professionals May 1 in a field near ...