Don fed a half bale of hay on Friday. The first of the season. In a matter of days our stockpiled grass will be gone but I’m not complaining. In fact, I’m grateful that we have been able to graze so long considering Missouri’s drought conditions. In past years, we have started feeding hay in January. With the drought, we would have started feeding hay back in September. Don, however, found some idle land to rent, arranged some terms and we hauled the cattle to the feed instead of hauling the feed to the cattle.

As a side note, the amount we paid for six months rent would have only purchased 15 to 20 days worth of hay.