NO HAY

Darren's mom called the other day. Because of all the rain that they have had up in Willow City and the surrounding area, Darren's dad isn't going to have much for hay. They allowed some CRP to be opened up so that ranchers could hay those area's but most of the CRP is full of water too. This is only a small area that Darren's dad can actually hay and he isn't going to have enough for his cattle over the winter. Right now, Darren's dad is feeding the cattle the hay that was left over from last winter because all of his pasture is still underwater and when that hay runs out, he doesn't have any feed left. Darren's dad plans on selling all of his cattle in November. It a real terrible thing and I feel bad that he has to do that. I wouldn't want to sell my horses because of something like that either but what else do you do about it. I found someone that I can buy hay from for $15 a bale and I need 30 bales, 10 per horse, to last the winter. That isn't too bad but it's a lot more expensive, and difficult, to buy hay for 40 animals unless you make the hay yourself. Right now I have only found 20 bales for sale, I am hoping to find another 10 some where but I am also going to buy 100 small square bales so hopefully that will help out too. I know that I may have to face reality too and that I might have to sell my horses since we may be moving, but right now, I just want to try every option to avoid selling.