Episode 33 - Alfalfa Stand Health Evaluation

All About Agriculture

English - April 09, 2019 05:00 - 9 minutes - 1 Byte - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Winter weather impacts the survivability and health of the alfalfa stand. Forage growers should plan to spend time assessing winter damage and evaluating stand health to determine if the stand can remain in production or needs to be rotated to another crop.

This podcast covers assessing alfalfa heaving damage and evaluation of stand health through stem counts and digging roots.