A well planned rotation helps to avoid mid-summer feed shortages. Silage and hay was expensive this summer. Its risky to transfer silages in hot weather. Also, cows don't like the change in rations. Short rotations reduce fertilizer use.
Open winters are hard on alfalfa.
Many were good candidates for rotation. Double crop corn after alfalfa is great. Double crop corn has been real ugly this year. Well, I guess 9 out of 10 isn't bad. This Fall Over the next several weeks, the opportunity for reducing infestations of perennial weeds such as hemp dogbane, common milkweed, wirestem muhly, Canada thistle, and quackgrass is greatest.