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.
- WSU School of Economic Sciences – Hay
- WSHGA Scholarships
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
- 2012 Enterprise Budget for Establishing and Producing Irrigated Alfalfa in the Washington Columbia Basin
- 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
- Alfalfa, Wildlife and the Environment
- National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance Publications
Variety Trials
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Alfalfa
- 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)
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Orchardgrass
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Timothy
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