Keith Dunn
“I first became familiar with AmeriStand 407TQ when it came out as the top-yielding variety in a South Dakota State University alfalfa variety trial conducted on my farm in 2007. Each of 12 varieties was replicated four times, which gave me a real advantage in knowing how they each performed on my own farm in my soils. That’s kind of the reason I decided to go ahead and plant 140 acres of it this past spring. With 300 dairy cows to feed, we try to raise as much of our own feed as possible, so total tonnage is important.
“However, we also test every crop for quality so we know how to balance the rations. AmeriStand 407TQ ranked at the top for relative feed value (RFV), too. What impressed me most, though, was the way it came through the tough weather this past spring. We had snow right after we planted it. Then, it was cold and wet for a while, followed by flooding rain and it still came through with a good stand.” - - Keith Dunn of Vale, South Dakota, 250 acres of alfalfa (140 acres of America’s Alfalfa) and an America’s Alfalfa grower for one year.
