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Oct. 6, 2020St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: Andrew Wegley

Officials have a reminder for alfalfa growers


ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - The University of Missouri Extension Office is reminding growers not to harvest their alfalfas.

Agronomy Field Specialist Wayne Flanary told KXCV/KRNW that growers should avoid harvesting until about October 20, to allow for plants to store enough carbohydrate to survive the winter.

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Plants harvested before that will thin and stands will decline. Flanary adds stand decline is often hard to see in a field situation.