We all hear people say it every year "farmers need the rain though". This year the rain came late. The rain came so late dear reader and so much that many farmers still have crop in the field at this moment, nearly two months after normal harvest is done.
How does this effect things you may ask as you fill your shopping cart in a well lit city supermarket...
This year dispite there being lots of grass people like myself are concerned about where they will get hay, cattle guys worry about whether the hay they have will keep and whether it will be nutritional sufficient for their herds.
Grain farmers are watching the seeds they set out to harvest sprout and then get frost killed.
It is a poignant illustration of what too much of a good thing can do. The worst part is we have no control over the weather. Every fall I literally go without sleep waiting for the hay to come. So far it always has dear reader but a few years ago I read about horses abandoned on a trail because they ran out of supplies and couldn't (or wouldn't?) get them out. They left them to die. I can't understand it to be honest.
Here's hoping those around me can get their crop into the bin before the season ending snow hits.
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