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State hay market summaries for the week ending June 14, as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Market News Service ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Mild weather that reduced demand, plentiful inventory and slow export markets challenged Idaho hay producers in 2024. On top of all that, the dairy market has been difficult, said Steve […] ...
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 ...
At Lonesome Pine Equestrian Center, a Lubbock boarding stable, the manager, Stephanie Hallgren, says she gets a good deal directly from a hay farmer, but Lonesome Pine is also about to pay more for ...
“We are looking at prices over the years and a farmer could say,’ I’m going to spend $30 dollars an acre to fertilize my hay, now it can be anywhere from $100 to $130 an acre,” Woods said.