Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Oklahoma Alfalfa
Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station

 

ALFALFACTS
(Alfalfa Facts)

Grazing

Just about everyone believes that grazing alfalfa hurts the stand. Alfalfa stands like most other forage stands are thinned by overgrazing. Excessively high stocking densities causes poor hay production and weed encroachment in all types of forage stands whether alfalfa, bermudagrass, fescue, native range, or whatever.  
  

John Caddel, Forage Agronomist
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
 

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