From the APEEL Safety Data sheet
With this so dangerous in the water, why is this permitted on OUR FOOD?!
With this so dangerous in the water, why is this permitted on OUR FOOD?!
Has anyone been hearing about hay shortages for livestock? Where we are, they haven't happened but we went to some shows over the weekend and apparently in a lot of the US, goat owners have had a lot of trouble getting hay. People were buying moldy stuff for twice the cost as last year's good stuff.
My advice (if anybody wants it) would be to grow as much as you can if you have livestock. Anything extra could probably be sold/traded next winter.
Has anyone been hearing about hay shortages for livestock? Where we are, they haven't happened but we went to some shows over the weekend and apparently in a lot of the US, goat owners have had a lot of trouble getting hay. People were buying moldy stuff for twice the cost as last year's good stuff.
My advice (if anybody wants it) would be to grow as much as you can if you have livestock. Anything extra could probably be sold/traded next winter.
This time of year is always a bad time for finding good hay. Most suppliers are down at the bottom of the stack by now, which a lot of times is moldy. Around here we won't be putting up hay until July, assuming it will ever quit snowing. The price of hay is dictated by the cost of fuel, fertilizer, labor, availability and the weather.Has anyone been hearing about hay shortages for livestock? Where we are, they haven't happened but we went to some shows over the weekend and apparently in a lot of the US, goat owners have had a lot of trouble getting hay. People were buying moldy stuff for twice the cost as last year's good stuff.
My advice (if anybody wants it) would be to grow as much as you can if you have livestock. Anything extra could probably be sold/traded next winter.
We are just about to the second cutting. So if you need good hay, maybe look to the south. During the really bad drought a few years ago, people were hooking up huge tractor trailers, driving north a couple of States, buying and then trucking it back here to sell. It would be gone in a day. Sometimes you have to get a bit creative.This time of year is always a bad time for finding good hay. Most suppliers are down at the bottom of the stack by now, which a lot of times is moldy. Around here we won't be putting up hay until July, assuming it will ever quit snowing. The price of hay is dictated by the cost of fuel, fertilizer, labor, availability and the weather.
We don't really have any food shortages here neither, we got to 90% same stuff as always. Non food looks a bit different, since Covid in 2020 it's not always everything everytime aviable, but you can order and mostly you get it in one or two weeks.Interesting. We haven't had any shortages that I know of, but we only buy from a couple places so I wouldn't know really. I haven't heard any complaints, though.
We're fine on hay here. Several years ago during a hay shortage I had to go to Oregon, Washington and Canada to get hay.We are just about to the second cutting. So if you need good hay, maybe look to the south. During the really bad drought a few years ago, people were hooking up huge tractor trailers, driving north a couple of States, buying and then trucking it back here to sell. It would be gone in a day. Sometimes you have to get a bit creative.
People put up hay using horses for hundreds of years. Actually it was only fairly recently that it went mechanized. Horse drawn hay equipment is still available. There are still people around that use horses for farming and cutting hay. A lot of old barns still have the gear for loading loose hay in the barn from wagons. Everything is still available.On the hay Delima , that is why my prepping plan is factored into not needing hay for survival after SHTF . The way I look at it if hay of much amount is needed then motorized equipment will be needed which = fuel will be needed . A relatively small amount though could be cut and dried then loose stored . But I am supposing the livestock most people have isn't part of the SHTF plan but is for the days we are now in whereas we still have fuel and motorized equipment .
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