Jack Daniel's is ending its Cow Feeder Program, which helped farmers in and around Moore County, Tennessee feed the distiller's byproducts to their cattle for little to no cost. (Photo: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg)

Jack Daniel’s is terminating a decades-long program that provided the company’s corn byproduct “slop” to local cattle farmers at low or no cost, allowing the farmers to inexpensively feed their cattle.

The “Cow Feeder Program” will end on March 31 as the company transitions to a new partnership with Ohio-based Three Rivers Energy, which will instead convert the waste into renewable fuel and fertilizer.

The change has left farmers in and around Moore County reeling, searching for ways they might continue to earn a living through raising cattle.

Livestock makes up 89% of Moore Cou

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