Posted 3/27/2025 10:39 (#11163612 - in reply to #11163389) Subject: RE: Brown hay ground
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Marvin1982 - 3/27/2025 07:52
seagram - 3/27/2025 06:30
Getting nervous about lack of greening up in my hay fields. Maybe this warmer rain will start growth but north east Iowa has lawns greening up but did the alfalfa get damaged this winter?
Grass always greens up before alfalfa. It's a legume and not a grass
Bingo, grass grows with the increase in sunshine. Alfalfa grow with an accumulation of GDD, so if you've had colder than average temps, you got less GDD. BTW, growth degree days temp is 41 for alfalfa, which is lower than corn.
Local ag college might have something like I have here like this:
Brown hay ground
