Area haulers warn of hay shortage due to wet fall
Western hay stacks were soaked leaving many suppliers unable to find dairy-quality hay for Wisconsin customers. Dealers warn late orders may yield poor stock as rain-damaged hay floods the market. Prices rise with Western hay averaging 135 to 150 per ton while Wisconsin alfalfa sells around 74. Local officials report ample Wisconsin supplies despite wild weather, but traders dispute quality and rising costs.
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Wisconsin
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Jim Falls
Wisconsin hay market tight as farmers slow to sell
Hay hauler Don Santee of Menomonie says Wisconsin had less hay for sale this winter and inventories appear tight. He notes few farmers are offering hay and no region seems to have surplus, complicating efforts to haul only Wisconsin hay this year.
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Carrol Spencer
State Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Spencer
Don Santee
Menomonie
Forage councils to meet in Eau Claire next week
The Wisconsin Forage Council and the American Forage and Grassland Council will convene January 23 26 at Eau Claire Civic Center with board meetings January 24. Education sessions cover beef dairy and sheep profitability through forage quality and management. A trade show with about 30 exhibitors plus IR Forage Analyzer display.
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Eau Claire
Wisconsin Forage Council
WFC
American Forage and Grassland Council
AFGC
Watthauer to head Minnesota Morris Experiment Station
Dick Watthauer, longtime UW Extension livestock specialist, leaves Wisconsin after 14 years to become superintendent of the University of Minnesota Morris West Central Experiment Station. He will oversee diverse programs in dairy, beef, sheep, hogs, crops, and soils, and increase administrative duties while reducing travel.
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Dick Vatthauer
Uw-Extension
University of Minnesota
West Central Experiment Station
Morris
Minnesota
Vatthauer
Morris Station
Columbia
Wisconsin
University Ag
Uw-Madison
Civil Service
UW Madison College of Ag and Life Sciences
College of Agriculture
Watthauer
Virgene
Karl
Brian
University of Illinois
Swifts
Fred Geisler
Fred
Art Pope
Carl Rydberg
Spooner Experimental Station
Shepherd
Jim Elphick
Arlington Experimental Station
Spooner
Lancaster
Vances
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J.R. Inc
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State Statistical Reporting Service
U.S
Midwest Livestock Producers
Barron Sales
Midwest
Dwayne Rohweder
Uw-Extension Agronomist
Santee
West
Steve Ulrich
New Richmond
Ulrich
Hay Jockeys
Uw- Extension
Dick Vatthauver
Minnesota Post
Central
Illinois
Middleton
Dick Watthauer
Lancaster Experimental Station
Wisconsin Beef Producers Council
Wisconsin Cattleman’s Association
Dustry
Madison
Morris Experimental Station
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