Baling Hay
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Yea but we have to sell something? Thats our business! I get your point tho if the cover crops are for the purpose of soil building etc. I like the idea of something paying for the seed/establishment and it being cost neutral, and they do leave some nice readily available fert behind.. There is pros and cons to the whole thing.
The extra yield and reduced cultivations probably more than pay for the cover crop, plus less fertiliser inputs.
I grant though that you have grassland which you can move the sheep to when it gets wet but a lot of arable men don't have that so maybe grazing is not really a big bonus for them?