Manitowoc County UW-Extension Agriculture Agent, Scott Gunderson, calls this probably the 2nd most challenging growing season he’s seen…since working with area farmers for the past 32 years. Gunderson tells SeehaferNews.com that 1988 was a severe drought year. “We didn’t have forage for the most part. We had to buy a lot of it from out west,” he explained. “We really had to scramble to get different forages…in order to feed our cows.”
2019 is also a very challenging year, in a different way, because of wet conditions. Gunderson said that a lot of alfala and winter wheat fell to winter kill. Also, “delayed planting really impacted a lot of farmers.” In fact, Gunderson said in many cases a lot of farmers were not able to plant their acres at all. He asks farmers with questions or needing help to call him directly in his office at 683-4175.
