Those raising hay for horses and beef cattle have seen prices drop from about $10 for a small bale to about $8.25 in the last two years, said Tom Campbell, the agronomy manager for Basin Coop.

Immense supply and lower than average demand will continue to put price pressure on hay, excluding premium alfalfa. The June 2016 acreage report from USDA indicated 56.1 million acres of hay would ...

Brad Fassett was selling hay for $4.50 a bale when he started ranching full-time in 1998. Today, he sells a 65-pound bale for $13.50. While it might look like his profits are soaring, Fasse ...

Hay equipment is being greased, tractors are being fueled, and hay producers are keeping an eye toward the sky in hopes of a few days of precipitation free weather to harvest hay. In the spring of ...

Kansas hay saw very light demand with soft prices for the week ending July 27, according to the Kansas Department of Ag-U.S. Department of Agriculture.

That’s because warehouses are still holding on to hay from the 2014 and 2015 seasons, said Don Schilling, president of Wesco International Inc., an Ellensburg-based hay exporter.

But why have hay prices climbed so steadily in recent years? The answer to this question is not so simple, with many factors resulting in higher costs for hay and many other agricultural commodities.

The hay-price increase has also hit Arizona's cattle ranchers, who have little leverage to pass their costs along, said Patrick Bray, executive vice president of the 2,000-member Arizona Cattle ...

Hay farmers can’t find land to lease for three to four years for the life of a hay stand because landowners are more willing to gamble year to year on grain prices, Steve Senn said.