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Prevent damage from alfalfa weevil
The alfalfa weevil is small, but their damage could reduce yields by 10 to 15% and decrease forage quality.
When to act (or not act) on aphids
The presence of aphids, small (1/16 to 3/16 inch) insects, in alfalfa fields is not necessarily justification to act. Aphids can often be kept in check by beneficial insects such as lady beetles.
Don’t follow alfalfa with alfalfa
Alfalfa plants don’t play nice with each other. That’s why we don’t follow alfalfa with alfalfa. A mature alfalfa plants excretes a chemical that inhibits the germination and growth of a newly-seeded alfalfa. That’s called alfalfa autotoxicity.