Week of October 4, 2011
Record high hay prices straining Kansas dairies (click here)
WICHITA, KAN.
A summer of drought that wilted pastures and alfalfa fields has led to record high hay prices this fall and looming shortages to feed cattle this winter.
Experts say those feeling the misery most keenly are the nation's dairies, where milk cows need top quality hay at a time when milk prices are slipping....
Posted: October 12, 2011 - 6:28am
…Prices for dairy-quality hay have almost doubled compared with a year ago. Acreage numbers were already down because so many growers had plowed up alfalfa fields to plant high-priced corn crops this year. Then drought further cut hay production.
Many Kansas growers sent much of their hay to drought-plagued Texas and Oklahoma where prices were highest....
Week of June 7 ,2011
