Karen,
I agree, it's also been a scary summer for hay here in Georgia. I had
a bit of luck in May, before we knew we had a hay crisis. I leased my
one non-Icelandic to a very good riding camp a mile or so from me and
took Chigger's "salary" in fescue instead of dollars. (It's all green
stuff!) So, I had hay for the others. During a normal summer, they
would have grazed and hay feeding would have been minimal, but there
was very little to graze this summer Then, in July, we had about
eight inches of rain, which got the coastal growing a bit. I have a
barn-full now, but I have had to pay over twice what I usually pay and
the bales are smaller than usual. I am just happy I haven't had to
ship it from Pennsylvania or some other distant place. Annie
