Ukraine Farmers Share Experience & Alfalfa Used For More Than Feed

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

The war in Ukraine creates many hardships for the farmers including worrying about drone strikes. Stephanie Hoff talks to Olga Polozova about how their ability to farm has been impacted by the war. It's a Wyffels Wednesday and Farm Director Pam Jahnke talks to Steve Quade about how their varieties of corn dealt with the wet spring and dry fall. Charitee Seebecker catches up with Marta Kohmann, a UW-Extension forage specialist, to see how alfalfa can be used for more than just feed as a cover crop. Food banks have become more of a necessity since Covid and Ben Jarboe talks with Michelle Orge, the President of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Wisconsin, to explain how they help people in need as well as the local farmers.

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