Florabelle Powell is one of those rare people who makes you want to do more and complain less. For one thing, she still cuts all the hay on her ranch north of Caputa. Of course, it’s not unusual for ...

The tell-tale signs that summer is fast approaching are the last day of school, Memorial Day weekend – and in the upper Colorado River Valley, the first cutting of hay.Around the region, haying ...

Davidson said most hay in the region is a combination of alfalfa and grass, and the optimal time for a first cutting is when the alfalfa is at one-tenth bloom. That’s causing local hay producers to ...