Tissue sampling has become very popular in the last couple of years. It much more accurately represents plant nutrition versus the traditional soil sample.

Soil samples are still important; tissue sampling just adds more depth of real-time plant nutrient balance.

Now is a great time to test your corn and alfalfa plants to gain a better understanding of your stand as well as the current condition of your soil.

When it comes to alfalfa, many growers believe they have to choose quality, yield or productivity and that increasing one element will automatically reduce the others.

Fortunately, you don’t have to trade one for the other, if you keep a few fundamentals in mind:

• Cut later. Many recent studies have shown the best time of day to cut alfalfa to achieve maximum quality is in the afternoon.

Horses are non-ruminant herbivores designed to utilize forages as the primary component of their diet.

Alfalfa is arguably the most variable feed producers grow.