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Alfalfa Scissor-Cut Harvest Alert May 22, 2023

Alfalfa Scissor-Cut Harvest Alert May 22, 2023


Tyler Rice, UMN Extension Educator for Stearns, Benton, and Morrison Counties.

The Alfalfa Scissor-cut Harvest Alert is updated regularly as alfalfa growth accelerates. The goal of this project is to alert alfalfa growers to start first crop harvest when the crop is at a level of quality that matches animal nutrition goals while maximizing yield potential.

The alfalfa scissor-cut alert program is not a prescription for any particular harvest date but can be a go-to decision tool for those alfalfa producers that are busy managing other crops in the rotation during one of the busiest seasons on the farm.

Extension educators, farmer-cooperators and cooperating agribusinesses work together to collect alfalfa scissor-cut samples from mid-May until final harvest.



Source: umn.edu

Photo Credit: GettyImages-0shut0

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