National Ag News
Chances of alfalfa injury increase as frigid weather persists
Jan 5, 2018, 17:54 PM
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The chances of alfalfa injury are increasing as bitterly cold weather lingers across the Midwest.
University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Lisa Behnken tells Brownfield there’s a definite risk of winter kill while these conditions persist.
“Some of the key things we know that can set up (alfalfa) for injury are when it gets very cold and we have no snow cover. Then if you add (to) that very little residue left on the alfalfa field.”
She says stands with 12 or more inches of growth will be better protected than alfalfa cut late regardless of the amount of snow on the ground.
