Steve Norberg is the Agriculture Extension Regional Specialist for Adams, Benton, Franklin and Grant Counties, providing Columbia Basin producers guidance with issues related to forage and irrigated cropping systems.
News
Resources
Washington State Hay Growers Association
Forage Information System – The Forage Information System (FIS) is a global information resource for forage-related topics, including Extension, research, and teaching and includes a database of forage specialists in universities, government agencies and commercial companies.
Publications
The Economic Contributions of West Coast Forage Exports 2017
Potential Impact of WA State Alfalfa Variety Testing from 1990 to 2013
Nitrate Poisoning in Ruminants
Prussic Acid Poisoning in Livestock
2009 Cost of Producing Alfalfa Hay Under Pivot Irrigation in the Columbia Basin of Washington State
Nutrient Management Guide for Dryland and Irrigated Alfalfa in the Inland Northwest
Organic Alfalfa Management Guide
Orchardgrass Hay Production Guide for the Columbia Basin of Washington
Optimum Planting Date for Alfalfa Grown in the Columbia Basin
Producing High Quality Orchardgrass and Timothy Hay
Back-to-Back Alfalfa with Metam Sodium
Cool and Warm Season Forage Grass Performance in the Columbia Basin of Washington
Cost of Producing Alfalfa Seed in the Columbia Basin of Washington State
Variety Trials
Alfalfa
- 2018 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report
- 2017 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report
- 2016 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report
- 2015 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report
- 2014 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report – Updated
- 2014 – Complete Results of Trials Planted in 2011
- 2013 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report
- 2012 WSHGA & WSU Alfalfa Variety Yield Trials Report
- Alfalfa Variety Trials (Archives)
Orchardgrass
Timothy
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- Blueberry Pruning Workshop October 22, 2019
- Next-Gen Tree Fruit - One week until Tree Fruit Breeding 101, Oct 24 October 17, 2019
- Columbia Basin Tree Fruit Club - October October 17, 2019
- Next Gen Tree Fruit - New Technology for Harvest, Nov 13 October 16, 2019
- Blueberry Research Review - Friday, October 18 October 16, 2019
- Reminder Stakeholder Listening Session tomorrow Oct 17 - Wenatchee October 16, 2019
- 2019 WA Small Fruit Conference - Lynden, Prosser & Vancouver locations October 15, 2019
- Tree Fruit News - October 11 October 11, 2019
- Viticulture: Cold Hardiness, Powers Sabbatical, Winter Meetings October 11, 2019
- 2019 Storage Recommendations for WA 38 October 8, 2019