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by Bruce Anderson,
Extension Forage Specialist
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Disc mowers are fantastic machines. Compared to sickle bar mowers, they
cut faster, have less maintenance and repairs, and rarely plug. They can
cut the crop shorter and keep going even if they occasionally scalp the
surface. And that’s the problem!
`With alfalfa, regrowth comes from crown buds using nutrients stored
underground in the taproot. It doesn’t matter if you leave a 1-inch or a
4-inch stubble, alfalfa regrowth rate will be the same.
