New Mexico ranchers seeking out alfalfa, selling livestock
2/22/2018 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
New Mexico
Bernalillo County, NM
Catron County, NM
Dona Ana County, NM
Lincoln County, NM
Sandoval County, NM
Santa Fe County, NM
Torrance County, NM
Start Date: 2/22/2018
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Many New Mexico ranchers were eagerly looking to purchase alfalfa to supplement cattle feed supplies, while some ranchers from Sandoval County to Lincoln County were selling cattle, foreseeing insufficient feed supplies.
A goat producer in Catron County typically allows their animals to forage during the winter with organic hay as a fallback, but the lack of forage forced the producer to sell half of the herd.
KOB-TV NBC 4 (Albuquerque, N.M.), Feb. 22, 2018
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