For 45 years, cattleman Terry Holt has started his mornings the same way — climbing into his truck, driving to the Jack Daniel’s distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and loading up on the leftover mash from whiskey-making.
That slop, a thick, nutrient-rich blend of corn and grain, has been a quiet but vital link between the world’s best-selling whiskey and the local farms that surround it. For decades, it kept feed costs low, cattle healthy, and waste out of landfills.
“I’ve been at it 365 days multiplied by 45,” Holt told local outlet News Channel 5 [1]. “I don’t miss a day hauling my slop. It’s that important to me.” That daily trip will soon end. Starting next spring, Jack Daniel’s will halt its Cow Feeder Program, cutting off free or low-cost access…more
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