A SHORTAGE of high-quality hay has emerged across the country, with a combination of widespread flooding in prime growing areas and high grain prices attributed to the problem.
Accessing paddocks has been an issue all winter and a national hay marketer says this year’s cereal hay crop is down 80 percent on the yearly average.
Feed Central managing director Tim Ford said constant flooding across New South Wales and Victoria has had the biggest bearing on the crop with windows to make hay this spring.
Tim Ford
“Some people had decided they were going to cut some cereal crops for hay,…
