Hay shortage very possible this year
Hay yields are significantly lower than normal for many producers, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report.
As a result, hay could be in short supply this year in some areas. Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Shannon Friesen said yields have been lower the past year or two.
“This year of course we were optimistic that we would have received some moisture, of course in many areas we did not receive it in time so at the moment hay yields have been anywhere from maybe a quarter less of normal to even up to 50 per cent less of normal,” she said.
Friesen cautioned it’s still very much a wait-and-see approach in terms of how bad the shortage will be.