Focus on high-quality forage, secure a long-term market
Eric Sheffer knew he wanted to make his life in agriculture.
We bring you feature articles on successful forage producers and their business models to help you enrich your management style.
Focus on high-quality forage, secure a long-term market
Eric Sheffer knew he wanted to make his life in agriculture.
In the north-central Louisiana town of Downsville, Malcolm, Melissa and their son Chase Echols are making their mark on forage quality and production.
At face value, Tim Hall of Hall’s Hay in Idalia, Colorado, is a cross between a hay broker and a hay processor. He buys high-quality alfalfa hay from growers in Colorado and Wyoming and packages it into small bales for the retail hay market in the Southeast.
With a desire to feed top-quality nutritious hay and increase their return on investment, Lars and Ingrid Steunebrink from Kirkton, Ontario, found themselves a new way to dry hay.
Many areas of the West weren’t settled until the turn of the 20th century, so it’s a big deal when Western producers can track their farms and ranches back five generations.