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Seven men standing beside a single alfalfa taproot about ten feet long, Imperial Valley, California, around 1910

Alfalfa Root Rot and Crown Disease: Why Your St...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 10, 2026 · ~14 min read Quick answer: Alfalfa that "drowned out" has usually been killed by a...

Dozens of fresh pocket gopher mounds of loose soil pushed up through dormant grass in a hay field

Gophers, Voles and Ground Squirrels in Hay Fiel...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 9, 2026 · ~13 min read Quick answer: Identify the animal from the mound before you spend a...

Round hay bales in a field beyond a rank, over-mature grass highway right-of-way strip along Highway 203

Ditch Hay and Highway Right-of-Way Haying: Rule...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 9, 2026 · ~13 min read Quick answer: In most states you may hay a state highway right-of-way...

An adult potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae), the pale wedge-shaped green insect that causes hopperburn in alfalfa

Potato Leafhopper in Alfalfa: Scouting, Thresho...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 8, 2026 · ~12 min read Quick answer: Potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) is the most damaging insect in...

Two adjacent alfalfa stands at different maturities, one in full purple bloom and one in vegetative regrowth, divided by a field track

How to Choose an Alfalfa Variety: Reading the R...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 8, 2026 · ~13 min read Quick answer: Choose an alfalfa variety in this order: winter survival first,...

Round hay bales stacked three high under an open-sided hay shed roof, the kind of dedicated hay storage building this cost and payback guide analyzes

Hay Shed Cost and Payback: Does a Hay Barn Actu...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 16, 2026 · ~40 min read Quick answer: Nobody can tell you what a hay shed costs or...