3 Rivers: Redefining whiskey waste
The facility takes stillage – the grain-heavy byproduct from Jack Daniel’s whiskey-making process – and turns it into renewable natural gas and nutrient-rich fertilizer.
Hooves, Heart, and Soil
Discover how cattle farmers are using the regenerative grazing technique to boost soil health, increase profitability, and create a more sustainable future for agriculture.
Slop program puts spotlight on grazing, costs
Without distillery slop, many farmers are turning back to the land itself – weighing the costs and benefits of different grazing systems.
Brown-Forman winding down stillage program
Farmers’ allotments of slop will be reduced starting Oct. 1. A second round of reductions will follow on Jan. 1, 2026, and the program will officially end March 31.
