Badger Crop Connect Webinar Series 2024: Aug 14, 2024 Alfalfa Persistence Is Profit Scott Newell

The August 14 Badger Crop Connect webinar featured Scott Newell, alfalfa outreach specialist with the UW-Madison Division of Extension. This year (2024) has been very challenging to manage alfalfa with rain throwing many cutting schedules off the rails, leaving producers with lower quality forage than expected and trying to catch up with higher quality harvests. Scott Newell discusses the potential implications of this and the importance of managing for persistence in alfalfa to maximize overall productivity.
Resources Mentioned:
Presentation PDF: Alfalfa Persistence is Profit uwmadison.app....
2024 Wisconsin alfalfa seedings a mixed bag cropsandsoils....
Alfalfa Herbicide Rotation Restrictions
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GDD Tool: Choose “Custom” and “Upper Midwest”. Enter date, model “Base 41”
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Fertilizing Alfalfa in Minnesota extension.umn....
Managing Alfalfa Weevil in Wisconsin Alfalfa Fields cropsandsoils....
Establishing alfalfa following wheat cropsandsoils....
How bad will alfalfa weevil pressure be? www.midwestfor...
Alfalfa Stand Assessment: Is this stand good enough to keep? fyi.extension....
Corn-Alfalfa Interseeding - A Unique Strategy for Alfalfa Establishment cropsandsoils....
Alfalfa Management Guide www.agronomy.o...
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