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An extension educator says options are limited for farmers identifying winterkill in their alfalfa fields this spring.

Jared Goplen with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield a mild winter with below-average snow cover across the Upper Midwest has resulted in varying degrees of poor stands.

“I’ve been working with this one farmer (who’s had) this problem where the stand is really sporadic.  The low spots are basically a total loss, and then the higher areas are still looking quite good.”

He says farmers could terminate the alfalfa and rotate into corn, depending on stand loss.

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