Hay Becoming Increasingly Hard to Find

Drought along the southern Plains has created high demand for hay. That’s good news for farmers in the north, but bad news for producers in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas who are paying inflated prices for the hay and additional costs to have it transported. The average price of hay climbed to $170 per ton this summer compared to $112 per ton last July, according to statistics from USDA. Read more (Associated Press).