date:Jan 31, 2013
port, highlighted the supply issue facing cattle and dairymen.
All hay stored on farms Dec. 1, 2012, totaled 76.5 million tons, down 16% from a year ago, the U.S.D.A. said. This is the lowest Dec. 1 stocks level since 1957.
The drought, which concentrated in the Southern Plains in 2011 and widened to the High Plains in 2012, is viewed as the overwhelming culprit in reducing hay production and hay stocks.
Highlighting the ongoing issue of less available hay, the U.S.D.A. announced in mid-Janua