Has anyone ever tried stockpiling alfalfa for mid summer or late fall grazing? We just turned an old hayfield into a pasture and it has a large amount of alfalfa in it. Do any of you know whether at some stage of growth the bloat risk goes away in alfalfa?
Stockpiling Alfalfa
- Thread starter ABrauny
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Late fall grazing yes, but no bloat issues as they were is a heavy clover pasture, and only allowed in slowly on time limited to start. Worked quite well, was able to graze it till the end of November so a lot cheaper than making it into hay 
pdfangus
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rather than stockpiling it ......if I did not need it for hay then I would roationally graze it. After it blooms it will get stemmy and tough and loose nutritional value. If you can graze it every thrity five days you will get the most out of it.
