Typical farmers are upgrading and progressive

By Bob Freebairn
September 3 2018 - 5:00am
Surveys show 81 percent of mixed farmers intend to expand long-term pastures like this of winter legumes combined with tropical grasses.
Surveys show 81 percent of mixed farmers intend to expand long-term pastures like this of winter legumes combined with tropical grasses.

Eighty-ONE percent of farmers indicated they intended to expand the area of their properties sown to long-term pastures, 32 percent intend to increase area of dual purpose crops, 23 percent were going to increase use of hay and 3.2 percent were going to increase use of silage.

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