Forage Production

Most of the hay produced in the Southeast for feeding livestock is packaged as large, round bales. During the winter, hay becomes a valuable commodity to provide nutrients to livestock.

Many farm families have wrestled with this issue. Complicating it more is much of the farm’s value is tied up in the land, livestock and equipment. Often there is very little cash, life insurance or retirement plans to use for balancing it out. If the farm is split, will there still be enough critical mass to survive?

As we move into winter, many of us might be reflecting on how the farm business did over the past season.

Today cover crops are more widely accepted and planted on more acres than they were just a few years ago. I think most of that is producer comfort with planting and managing cover crops.

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