Cover Crop Economics
Renting Out Cover Crop Forages: How to Structure the Lease
Rental of Cover Crop Forages With low commodity cash crop prices, most producers are searching for alternative sources of income. Millions of acres of grass have been converted to farmland over the past 8 years and there are fewer late summer and early fall pastures to be grazed. Utilizing summer planted cover crop mixes (after a summer harvest), producers and cattlemen can establish mutually beneficial arrangements. When planting a forage cover crop to lease out, be sure ...