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Alexandra and Daniel Brown, Browns Farm Ridge Total Mixed Ration for Local Beef Production Grant Award: $8,000 In less than three years, Browns Farm Ridge has increased their sales of beef through direct sales in multiple local farmers markets, the … View >>
Shannon Morgan, S.D. Morgan Farms Hay Accumulator and Hay Grapple Grant Award: $6,000 To meet the enormous challenge of putting up the more than 5,000 square hay bales Shannon produces each season, Shannon has purchased a hay accumulator and grapple. … View >>
Ricky Stiles, Appalachian Foothills Farm, LLC Commodity Barn Grant Award: $6,000 Ricky has built a four-bay commodity barn to store and blend feed for his calves. Blending his own feed will bring significant cost savings to his operation, cutting costs … View >>
Larry and Brandon Lee, Lee Farms Bulk Feed Storage Grant Award: $6,000 In order to save money and time, Lee Farms has added a facility to store bulk feed for their calving operation. Previously, they were feeding from 50 pound … View >>
Gerald Rathbone Feed Bin for Lamb Operation Grant Award: $3,000 Having grown up on a tobacco and dairy farm, Gerald has been farming his entire life. His successful sheep operation brings in an average of $16,000 a year and has … View >>
Todd Seagle, Seagle Livestock Handling Facility for Spent Brewers Grain Grant Award: $6,000 Since the first craft brewery opened in Macon County in 2015, Todd has been taking advantage of the spent brewers grain to feed his cattle. He is … View >>
Scott Brown, Ridgetop Farm Spent Grain Dump Trailer Grant Award: $6,000 Starting in 2011, Scott began feeding his cattle spent brewers grain which led to finishing out cattle to supply meat to local restaurants in the Asheville area. As demand … View >>
Shannon Morgan, S.D. Morgan Farms Less Sediment and More Seed Grant Award: $6,000 Shannon Morgan purchased a no-till seed drill for his hay and beef operation. The specialized no-till seed drill is an efficient way to improve the nutrients of … View >>
Martin Morgan, Morgan Branch Red Angus Corn and Grass Field Chopper Grant Award: $6,000 Martin Morgan purchased a specialized piece of harvesting equipment—a corn and grass field chopper. The chopper cuts and chops green corn or grass into small pieces … View >>
Charles Edward “Trip” Goforth, Goforth Livestock Improving Beef Profits with TMR Feeding Grant Award: $6,000 Trip Goforth purchased a specialized piece of feeding equipment—a vertical mixer or TMR (Total Mixes Ration) mixer for his 40-head cow/calf beef operation. Trip currently … View >>
Josh and Brooke Postell, Postell Hollow Farm Economical Sheep Feeding Area Grant Award: $3,000 Building on a successful 2017 WNC AgOptions grant to build a sheep working/handling facility, the Postells have turned an existing slant shed into a cost saving … View >>
Dennis Francis, Dennis Francis Farm Seed Drill for Hay and Pasture Grant Award: $6,000 Dennis has invested in a seed drill to renovate his hay fields and pasture without tilling. Much of his grass died off during the droughts of … View >>
Aaron and Nicole Bradley, Bradley Farms Pastured Pig Feeding System Grant Award: $6,000 Aaron and Nicole purchased a Feed Train mobile grain bin with a gasoline powered hydraulic auger to feed their 70 pastured pigs. Mechanizing the feeding of their … View >>
Shannon Morgan, S.D. Morgan Farms Brewer’s Grain: It’s More Than Just Beer Grant Award: $6,000 Shannon purchased a large dump trailer to haul wet spent grain from Greenman Brewing of Asheville to feed to his cattle. He has used Greenman’s … View >>
Martin Morgan, Morgan Branch Red Angus Commodity By-Product Mixer Grant Award: $6,000 Martin is improving his Branch Red Angus operation with the purchase of a feed mixer to combine ingredients. His cattle currently have a choice of three different feeds, … View >>
Bryan Bumgarner, Bumgarner Farms Feed Facility Grant Award: $6,000 Bryan has built a facility to process cattle and hog feed, which he produces for his own livestock as well as sells to other farms and livestock feed stores. The fully … View >>