World Alfalfa Congress

World Alfalfa Congress was held November 14-17, 2022 in San Diego, CA.

Please see: 2022 World Alfalfa Congress for Proceedings, Videos and Powerpoints.

For other Congress information please see: California Symposium

December 2022 Update

New blog post has been published.

'Dot-lined Angle: New Caterpillar Found in Low Desert Alfalfa Fields' by Michael Rethwisch.

Please see: Dot-lined Angle: New Caterpillar Found in Low Desert Alfalfa Fields to view this blog post.

Alfalfa & Forage Blog Current Posts

Alfalfa & Forage Pest Management Virtual Workshop

December, 2020

PCA and CCA Credits Offered

This workshop covered many aspects of pest management of importance including weeds, insects, and diseases.

Organized by: University of California Cooperative Extension, UC Davis, UC Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources.

Videos

Field Day Archive

The Alfalfa & Forage Systems Workgroup periodically holds field days to discuss on-going research. We have archived some of the handouts from these field days. Please see below to view selected handouts, presentations, and information from our 2014-2022 Field Days:

California Alfalfa & Western Alfalfa & Grains Symposia

This symposium has been sponsored by the University of California since 1971. We have all of the proceedings and many of the Powerpoints (and more recently, videos) of this conference on-line. Please click on the year of interest:

Archive of Complete Symposia Links (1971-2019)

Search Proceedings

All Symposia Proceedings (1971-2019) are archived with a search engine, which can be obtained on the Search Proceedings page. Put in any subject or author to obtain articles on many subjects. This is a great source of Western alfalfa information.

Irrigated Alfalfa Management Publication Purchase

A comprehensive 24-chapter publication designed to provide detailed, scientifically-based information about the growth, production, management, and utilization of alfalfa grown under irrigation. Lots of pest management information, forage quality, and variety information. Chapters can be downloaded, but it’s better to buy the whole publication.

Producing Alfalfa

Learn to produce alfalfa from General Information to Seed Production.

Variety Selection

Consult data tables from variety trials by location to help pick an alfalfa variety.

Symposium

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People

Find and learn about people involved with the California Alfalfa Workgroup.