Mississippi hay production down at least 28%
10/20/2023 5:49:57 PM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
Mississippi
Start Date: 7/15/2023
- End Date: 10/20/2023
Hay production in Mississippi was down at least 28% this year, due to drought. Hay growers usually get three cuttings per year, and often four when conditions are right.
“This year, you were truly blessed to get maybe two,” according to a Mississippi State University Extension forage agronomist. “A lot of the second cutting was delayed by quite a bit of rain in June and July. We had drought conditions after that, and although growers kept waiting to get a third cutting, the forage never could get going.”
WJTV TV 12 (Jackson, Miss.), Oct 20, 2023
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