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Re: Alfalfa Seed Harvest?????
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Posted by KRUSS1 on May 25, 2007 at 06:29:22 from (72.45.72.178):
In Reply to: Re: Alfalfa Seed Harvest????? posted by Allan In NE on May 25, 2007 at 05:02:31:
There are a number of afalfa seed growers in the Interlake area of Manitoba. In fact that is probably where your certified seed came from. Hopefully R. John Johnson will step in and tell us something. From what I know of it the first thing you need is leaf cutter bees in order to get any degree of pollination. I believe 200 to 300 lbs. per acre is considered a success. But at $1.00 per lb and relatively low inputs it is fairly profitable. It is usually grown in small fields (40 acres or so) in what would normally be high rainfall areas. I have grown timothy for seed. It loves moisture, loves nitrogen, is a pita to combine and yielded about 500 lb/acre for me. By the time you get 200 bushels in a combine hopper you have put in most of a day. Then you get it on aeration ASAP before it heats. A bit of aeration fixes it right up. I grew a semi load of it at $.45/lb one year.
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