“Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops grown for hay in the world today,” says Steve Melvin, Irrigation Applications ... production from irrigated pasture. The forage species ...

Imperial Valley farmers left fields dry temporarily to help ease the Colorado River's shortage. The program has led to ...

Alfalfa is considered the “Queen of Forages” because of its high nutritive value. Alfalfa also has high N-fixation capacity meaning that no nitrogen fertilization is needed for its production.

"A hay field in the agricultural region known as the San Luis Valley of central Colorado, has been ... [+] freshly cut, creating graceful patterns on the ground, with irrigation equipment adding a ...

Artists like Jongil Ma, who drove from Brooklyn in a U-Haul, collaborate with local farmers. Ma’s “Earth, Wind & Sky” was a ...

Imperial County’s agricultural gross production increased 2.36% last year compared with 2022, the latest Imperial County ...

Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20 ... One involves paying farmers to pause ...

As he retraces our ancestors’ global migration on foot, the author sees Afghanistan's peaceful villages—and reminders that tensions persist.

Everyone knows Washington produces a lot of apples. But we also are the No. 1 producer of spearmint oil in the United States.

(Corrections & Clarifications: This story was updated to correct a misspelling and a typo.) On a recent toasty morning at the edge of California's largest lake, Samantha Arthur stood half a mile ...