About a month ago, maybe more or less, we got a huge load of hay for our many horses. About 350 bales of it! Some of it was moldy, but the rest was pretty good. Since all that is now in our manure pile, we needed more hay. Today, we received another 100 bales. We got these from a different seller, and we knew the hay was very good because we had previously bought 50 bales. It was more expensive, but definitely worth it! This hay was better than...

From November 1, 2010, to October 31, 2011, Texas was suffering a severe dry period. Lots of people had to sell all their underweight livestock, with no grass or hay to feed them, and very dry ground where the animals could get stuck in the many cracks and die. there was way less rainfall than normal, and large rivers were rapidly drying out. Then, to top every thing off, a devastating fire swept through Bastrop, Texas, in September. It...