The Livestock Marketing Information Center is calling for a significant decline in hay acres this year and an increase to prices.

Director and senior economist Katelyn McCullock says alfalfa acres are primarily located in northern states and in the west and production numbers have been tight for the past two years with the ongoing drought and increased price competition from other crops.

“We have seen a massive decline in new seedings of alfalfa—down 25 percent,” she says. 

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