Hay and straw needed for livestock operations

By SARAH BROWN, The Prairie Star
Mar 30, 2018
Mar 30, 2018 Updated Apr 3, 2018

Hay continues to be short in Montana and North Dakota. Last summer’s drought – the worst in 30 years, according to some – has combined with an early, cold and long-lasting winter. Photo courtesy of the Montana Department of Agriculture.

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By SARAH BROWN, The Prairie Star

BILLINGS, Mont. – Typically in the first quarter of the year, Montana Hay Company President Toby Edwards has about 7,000 to 8,000 tons of inventory; currently, “I don’t think we have 200 tons for sale, period.”

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