How to Grow Great Alfalfa...and Other Forages

Harold Willis' book How to Grow Great Alfalfa provides a nice overview of reduced-input alfalfa production that is largely applicable to organic management. Willis covers the basics and goes a step further to discuss the relationships among soil biology, alternative forage-testing methods, and alternative pest management for alfalfa.

This book also contains essential information for anyone whose operation depends on growing forage grasses. Learn how to establish a healthy stand. Is high potassium necessary for high quality? How can you measure forage quality? Put just one idea from this booklet to work and it will pay for itself a thousandfold.