Forage Forward: Exploring How Grazing Can Grow Your Operation and Finances

Join Women in Ranching, Noble Research Institute, and Wild Ranch Solutions for their spring Virtual Ranch Management series! They are excited to offer a grazing-focused, three-part virtual series this March/April. This offering includes a fundamentals of grazing session focused on small ruminants, an investment in grazing infrastructure session, and a session weighing the finances of raising your own hay versus buying it!

We’ve designed Each session has been designed to stand on its own — join one, or catch all three!

Session 3 – The Financials of Hay: Raising vs. Buying with Caroline Wild of Wild Ranch Solutions

Caroline Wild will analyze the financial trade-offs of growing and harvesting your own hay versus purchasing harvested forage instead. Using accrual enterprise analysis we will break down the costs associated with putting up your own hay so that you can make informed decisions about how to feed your livestock when grazing isn’t available.