An extension crops educator is curious about how mild winter conditions in the Upper Midwest impacted alfalfa.

Dave Nicolai with the University of Minnesota says growers are evaluating stands.

“In respect to how much it would’ve been affected from a winterkill standpoint. We also are concerned about what we call ‘ice sheeting’ that would occur, but we didn’t have a lot of ponding and water up on the top.”

He tells Brownfield a good assessment usually can’t be done until later in April or early May.

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