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Hay supply low, demand high

’09 rains, ’10 snows creating winter-feed perfect storm

Posted: February 24, 2010 at 5:36 a.m.

Ozzie Rodgers of Decatur cuts the wrapping from around a bale of hay while feeding cows on the family farm Monday.

If farmers need to “make hay while the sun shines,” then the lack of sunshine in late summer of 2009 is responsible for the hay shortages Arkansas ranchers are experiencing, agriculture experts are saying.

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Business, Pages 27 on 02/24/2010

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