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Teresa Markle, of Fountain Run, was one of many area farmers who turned out Thursday for the Alfalfa Conference at the Cave City Convention Center. Above, she browses through a brochure while waiting for a session on the Art and Science of Haymaking to get underway.
Gina Kinslow / Glasgow Daily Times


Farmers turn out for alfalfa

The hay conference, that is

By GINA KINSLOW
Glasgow Daily Times

Growing alfalfa can be expensive, but Lacefield said it’s not any more expensive than any other crop.

“You’ve got to have good soil. You’ve got to have fertility, and if people aren’t willing to give it that level of management I would recommend they do something else. If we go the extra effort to produce a higher quality of hay, then we can be rewarded, usually, in the market place.”

Alfalfa production in Kentucky has been down for the past two years due largely to droughts.

“We can seed alfalfa in the spring and the fall, but for the last two years we’ve not had a good spring or fall. Alfalfa longevity in Kentucky is about 3.6 years, so we’ve got to replace about one-fourth of our acreage every year,” he said. “We have not done that. Now we’re down by that much, but we’re still down and we need to revamp.”

Lacefield pointed out that in the Mammoth Cave area alfalfa has been a very important crop for many, many years.

“Right in the Mammoth Cave area you’ve got the Kentucky Forage spokesman from over in Hart County. Barren County has been one of the leading alfalfa counties in Kentucky for many years. It’s in the top five this year,” he said.

Because the Mammoth Cave region has been so successful with alfalfa, Lacefield said that is why he brings the conference back to Cave City every year.

Plans are already in the works for the 30th annual Alfalfa Conference to be held in Cave City next year, he said.



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