UK economist says hay shortage could develop this fall, winter

A livestock economist says the drought in the Great Plains and Western U.S. could create a tighter hay market. 

University of Kentucky’s Kenny Burdine says, “I think it’s very likely that hay is in much shorter supply in a lot of areas as we think about the coming winter, granted, we are still six months away from.”

He tells Brownfield hay production has already been impacted. “I hear folks in other parts of the U.S.

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