Alfalfa will quit growing after the first hard freeze (when temperatures reach below 26°F), which in Kansas occurs on average around October 15 but can be as early as October 1 or as late as November ...

Another week of cooler than normal temperatures and rainfall slowed the second cuttings of hay and alfalfa by a few days. Hall County Extension Leader Tom Drudik said cutting resumed over the last ...

Dwight Kitzen has been doing circles the past few weeks, going as fast as he can on first the swather and then the baler. He’s playing catch up thanks to the weather. Kitzen, 57, should be irrigating ...