Short term annual or biennial crops can fit with the regular crop rotation and give the benefits of a perennial forage. Reduced seeding pressure in the spring. Harvest is generally late July or the first half of August before your cereals or oilseeds, spreading the harvest workload. Can provide forage as well as seed crop. Reduced storage and freight costs because of high value, low volume crops.
Contracts ensure movement and payment on seed production.
These contracts vary with each forage species.