Is Tennessee too far north for winter pasture?

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Is anyone in Tennessee renting out pasture for northern cattle owners to over winter cows?
Most of the people I know that are doing this live more south and west. They grow corn or soy in the summer and lease fealds on a gain basis. I was thinking I could stockpile extra grass and sublet the winter pasture until I owned the cattle needed to use the extra land.
I am planning on renting land this spring, I am just starting out and and not sure how much land I will need and how fast I will outgrow it.
At this point I am trying to sort out ways to rent more land and sub-let untill I can grow into it.

Grass-Fed
 
I am next door in western NC and in hardiness growing zone 7. Our states share the same latitude with our northern borders. I am a year round grazer, no hay except in droughts. It should be a cake walk for you to do the same.

Here is part of the herd grazing frost bitten fescue a few weeks ago.
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