Alfalfa harvest is under way this week for northern Michigan dairy farmer Ryan Benthem who tells Brownfield the crop got beat up by Mother Nature a bit.  

“It looks like it’s going to be a little on the light side, it also could have used some more moisture,” he says.  “It definitely got hit by frost early on and then again at the end. We’re ready to take off first cutting and then start over.”

Last week his corn crop was also frosted but Benthem remains optimistic it’s not a total loss.

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