After 45 years of providing local farmers with free stillage, the popular Tennessee whiskey brand Jack Daniel’s is ending its cow feeder program.
The program currently supplies farmers with stillage consisting of corn, barley, and rye left over from the whiskey-making process, at no charge. This long-lasting relationship between local farmers and the distillery is set to end March 31, 2026.
The decision comes as the company works to "transition to a new, long-term sustainability solution” in a new partnership with Three Rivers Energy, Jack Daniel’s told Agri-Pulse.
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Three Rivers Energy is building an anaerobic digester facility at the distillery, which requires up to 500,000 gallons of spent distiller’s grain per day.
"The new partnership will allow us to achieve key environmental standards and secure the future of our brand," said Jack Daniel's.
Local farmers were made aware of the conclusion of the program with the company’s initial announcement back in March 2022.
