58 Farmers are being offered 1.5 times the value of their crops to destroy them. Federal Government says they will not receive subsidies for farming if they refuse to destroy their crops. (twitter.com) posted 4 years ago by clemaneuverers 4 years ago by clemaneuverers +58 / -0 35 comments share 35 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I am a small scale pasture farmer and animal husbandman producing vegetables, psstured turkey, and forage fed beef and milk. I know.
Truth is that some grain is still needed, especially from soy or wheat or something with rarer as amino acid.
Soy is a legume not a grain. I advocate feeding certain livestock soybean meal. There is no husk or oils, full of protein, and cheap.
Functionally any seed that is used as feed is a grain.
Grains do not need to be from the grass family.
Buckwheat, Quoina, Amaranth, and probably others I don't know about are all considered grains.
Field peas, peanuts, lentils, cowpeas, and other legumes are used as grains and feed for both man and beast.