During Wwii Farmers Replaced Hay With These 9 Crops Then They Vanished

During Wwii, farmers kept livestock alive without buying hay.
They planted specific winter cover crops — and let animals harvest their own feed straight from the field.
In this episode of BACKYARD CROPS, Adam Grove breaks down 9 documented wartime forage crops that:
Replace winter hay
Cut protein supplement costs
Fix nitrogen naturally
Improve soil structure
Extend grazing into freezing temperatures
From fodder radish and forage rape to winter rye, Austrian peas, crimson clover, and brassica systems — these crops still grow today.
The real question is: why aren’t more farmers using them?
👇 Which crop would you try first?
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