TYLER, Texas ( KETK ) – Texas A&M AgriLife released a crop and weather report on Wednesday that Texas hay supply is near a 50-year low, and prices near record highs.
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“There’s just no hay,” said Peter Sorensen, Midway Package & Feed Frankston, Employee.
According to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, hay supply remains low and prices rise as Texas cattle ranchers try to feed their herds through winter.
“Outside of fertilizer costs, then the actual cost of producing hay so it just depends on, it’s a lot different things that have accumulated over time that have influenced our shortages as well as our prices,” said Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Professor & Forage Extension Specialist.
Peter Sorenson at Midway Package and Feed in Frankston shared that farmers and ranchers are feeling the effects of the price. At their location, they’ve been able to get hay but at times sell out quickly.