Potassium Needed for Good Alfalfa.

Now is the time to be getting hay crops in condition for winter.  One thing to look at is the potassium levels in your alfalfa fields.  Alfalfa is a heavy feeder of potassium and if you plant to grow high yielding alfalfa, you need to keep those levels up.  400 pounds per acre may not be too much 0-0-60 depending on your soil test levels.  There is a pretty Good article in August Prairie Farmer.