• Alfalfa is a major U.S. field crop without a safety net – Alfalfa is the fourth-most-valuable field crop in the United States, generating about $8.1 billion in farm-gate value in 2024. Yet it ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University Extension encourages producers to attend the Northern Plains Forage Association annual meeting and seminars, which will feature forage-related education ...

ALFALFA, Ore. (KTVZ) - The Alfalfa Fire District is again facing questions about its future after years of missing financial reports. According to media partner The Prineville Review, state and county ...

James Tehrani wrote the first biography of the famous child star Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer, who is best known for his role in “The Little Rascals.” *Like his contemporaries, Spanky, Buckwheat, Porky, ...

Carl Switzer’s spontaneous discovery by a Hollywood producer reads like entertainment folklore. His exit, however, sounds more like a cautionary tale. Poor Switzer went from being one of the most ...

Of all the minor memories that kids carry into adulthood, some of the dearest and most vivid are the faces of other kids, the little characters met on movie or TV screens. For James Tehrani, one of ...

Opportunities to incorporate winter cover crops, forages and perennials into various cropping systems will be the focus of a North Dakota State University field day on Sept. 16, led by Marisol Berti, ...

While many home gardeners plant once and harvest once, succession planting can transform your backyard into a continuous source of fresh vegetables from spring through fall. As foothill gardeners, we ...

Cibus Inc. announced Tuesday that it has completed the Food and Drug Administration's Plant Biotechnology Program for its altered lignin alfalfa, clearing a key hurdle on the way to commercialization ...

Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...