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Alfalfa Maturity Stage is Only Part of the Forage Quality Story
by Mike Rankin
Extension Crops and Soils Agent – Fond du Lac County
“Cut alfalfa at late bud for optimum quality.” We’ve heard this statement, or a similar one, many times over the past 10 to 15 years. Although forage quality is strongly correlated to morphological stage (for example, late-bud or first flower), many years of monitoring the forage quality of a standing crop has taught us that environment plays an impor
