Hay prices down in Wyoming from last year

Wyoming ranchers are paying lower prices for hay in the state compared to last year. Ranchers who paid around $310 per ton last year are seeing prices in the $180 a ton range this year. But at the same time, hay producers have experienced some challenges in raising hay crops this year. Axel Garcia y Garcia, of the University of Wyoming Powell Research and Extension Center, says hay at the center has done well this year, but not as good as last year's. Gerry Danko, of rural Powell, tells the Powell Tribune that unusually high humidity has made it hard to get hay dry. Adding to that difficulty have been repeated rain and hailstorms in some areas.