An extension livestock specialist says dry conditions are affecting pastures and hay fields.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows a diagonal dry stretch expanding from west central through northeastern Missouri.
Gene Schmitz with the University of Missouri tells Brownfield there hasn’t been much regrowth in central Missouri.
“The grass that hasn’t been grazed yet is typically growing at a very slow rate.”
Source: kgfw.com
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Categories: Missouri, Crops, Hay & Forage, Livestock