Drought Causes Hay Shortage
Posted/updated on: October 5, 2011 at 5:26 pm
BULLARD — The drought takes its toll on East Texas hay growers. According to KETK, the dry weather is creating a hay shortage. That means farmers and ranchers have to go out of state to buy hay — and pay higher prices. The ASPCA is even offering a $250,000 hay bailout, to be used to help feed animals across Texas and Oklahoma. Bullard hay baler Taylor Hand is among those feeling the pinch. He says current hay sources include Louisiana and Arkansas — even as far north as Minnesota and Canada. Hand says he doesn’t know how much longer farmers and ranchers — his customers — can hang on.
