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vests and an adequate level of root reserves to produce regrowth for the next cutting.

The versatility of alfalfa is evident at the Virginia Forage Research Station in Middleburg where scientists have experimented with grazing and cutting the crop.

Scientists have let cattle graze on a section of alfalfa field when the grass is 3 to 4 inches tall and kept the animals there until the rest of the field was ready to harvest.

By rotating crops and animals, scientists were able to harvest the crop as well as nourish the animals without depleting'the grain’s quality.

“We’ve been looking for fescue grains and high quality grains that provide summer grazing and we’ve got alfalfa right here; But if you’re going to manage alfalfa, you need to manage it

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