Dry pasture, meager hay production led to cattle sales in central Louisiana
8/24/2023 1:57:33 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Avoyelles Parish, LA
Mansura, LA
Rapides Parish, LA
Deville, LA
Start Date: 8/23/2023
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Pasture near Deville was dry dirt when it would normally offer green, ankle to shin high grass for livestock at this time of year. A cattle operation had gotten 60% less hay than usual after getting just one cut of hay. The sale barn in Mansura has sold twice the usual number of cattle since the start of the year. The cattle weigh less than they should.
KALB-TV (Alexandria, La.), Aug 23, 2023
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