Almost half (45.9%) of survey takers raised livestock in 2024, but using cover crops to feed them was not a common practice. Roughly 34% of livestock owners grazed their cover crops, 30.6% harvested covers for livestock and 16.2% used covers for silage. Among all survey takers, only 2.3% rented their land for cover crop grazing.
“Percent of cover crop growers who raised livestock: 45.9%…”
Of those that did graze cover crops, beef cattle were the…