“I sell about 90 percent or even a little more of my alfalfa. I just sold a couple of loads to Kentucky for horses. I have sold some to Texas in years past, but I mostly sell into Ohio. I also have a few cows and keep a little hay back for them.

“We prefer to cut for quality for the dairy market, but whether we shoot for feed value or tonnage depends mostly on the weather. If it looks like we can’t cut before the bud stage and the feed value is going down, we will go more for tonnage. We have some local feedlots that will take anything they can get.

“America’s Alfalfa varieties are a really good fit in this area. I have grown AmeriStand 403T for six years. It’s good and reliable, and it stands up to traffic. Now I’m just starting with AmeriStand 407TQ. I am very happy with America’s Alfalfa and will probably sow more 407TQ when it’s time to replace the 403T.”

-- Wally Larson of Stromsburg, Neb., who grows 300 acres of alfalfa (260 acres of America’s Alfalfa) and has been an America’s Alfalfa grower for six years.