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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

It is all irrigated out here.  So that may be the difference.

Lynda
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From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> There are a few people who grow it within 100 miles of me, but it 
> doesn't have the same quality as the stuff they ship in from Ohio and 
> other places up north.  Perhaps it has to do with the drought conditions 
> or needs irrigation in the summer or something.  I'd be interested to 
> understand why it's not grown much here.  Most folks that buy alfalfa go 
> in on shares and make runs to the Northland and bring truckloads of it 
> back.  It's actually cheaper to buy it that way than to buy it from the 
> feed store.  It must need a lot of soil moisture..