Show I Hay suffers from weevil The alfalfa hay crop in parts of Duchesne County has literally taken a beating the past ten days from hall and rain and the alfalfa This first cutting of hay has been classed as in most areas of the despite the wet spring and the toll taken by the reports Lloyd agricultural agent at Duchesne for the Extension MANY OF THE ranchers were able to get equipment in the wet fields to cut the but the rains came while it was flat in the thus hindering the and resulting in damage to the hay The alfalfa weevil has heavily infested the majority of the alfalfa fields in the a survey Smith The infestation and the damage is in varying SMITH SAYS he recommends spraying the alfalfa field as soon as the first crop hay is off the ground with a solution of or carefully carrying out the instructions of the insecticide manufacturer as to the solution time of spraying before and other precautions in handling and Concentration of the alfalfa weevil can be seen particularly in the field in which the wind-rower machine has been used in harvesting the The fallen hay is carried by the machine to the row and dumped weevil and The mowed field leaves the weevil where the alfalfa falls as it is strewn more evenly about the Smith said in the fields that showed a wavy growth of this likely is the explanation for the uneven Would you build a barn without a Making farm and family survival plans now could save your life in case of natural or nuclear Find the safest place add then stock it with a safe supply of food and |