First-crop hay quality looks good in Wisconsin

A University Extension expert says there’s good news and bad news for the first crop of hay now being harvested in Wisconsin.

Richard Halopka is based in Clark County. He says, ”What I’m seeing being harvested right now today is low on quantity but high on quality.”

Halopka tells Brownfield it’s been very dry, but having excess moisture in the topsoil and subsoil about three weeks ago has helped the hay crop.

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