General Information
Stand Establishment
Variety Selection
Soil Fertility
Biotechnology
Fertilization
Irrigation
Weed Control
Insect Control
Diseases and Nematodes
Vertebrate Pests
Forage Quality and Testing
Organic Alfalfa and Manures
Alfalfa Seed Production
Alfalfa Marketing &
Economics
Alfalfa and Environment
Equipment & Harvest Management
Diagnostic key to Alfalfa
Dept. of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
Current Hay Prices
Price summaries as reported by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA.
2005 year-to-date Alfalfa Hay California Market Summary
2004 Alfalfa Hay California Market Summary
2003 Alfalfa Hay California Market Summary
Alfalfa Marketing and Economics
Karen Klonsky, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of
Agricultural an Resource Economics, University of California Davis;
Barbara Reed, Farm Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension
center, Orland, CA; Daniel H. Putnam Forage Extension
Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis,
CA