Forage supplies are short in South Dakota

A forage specialist says the back-to-back drought years are causing a shortage of hay in South Dakota.

The U.S. Drought Monitor says 78% of South Dakota is experiencing dry conditions with 5% of the state in extreme drought.

Sara Bauder with South Dakota State University Extension says the first cutting of alfalfa wasn’t bad this year, but the grass isn’t growing back.

“There’s just not moisture and it’s been very hot,” she says.

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