Ideally, if you can graze it, graze it. The ruminant can harvest it cheaper than you. Hay or pasture, it's essential to ensure you have enough to meet their needs.  It's important to calculate which option is best for your situation. More grazable forage generally translates to fewer inputs and healthier soils.

A little over 10 years ago, CISCO Seeds started the Midwestern Wildlife Zone line of products with a couple of mixes. Since then, we've kept adding until we reached our current 10 mixes. All we had at our disposal were some on-farm and food plot testimonials, so we determined we needed some in-field research to advance the line.