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Today's Poll!Thieves increasingly target hay bales in Mo.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
ST. LOUIS (AP) — In this year of near-record drought, hay is becoming a precious commodity. Now, it is being targeted by thieves.
KMOX Radio (http://cbsloc.al/Vw4Hhz ) reports that thieves are targeting big bundles of hay left in fields prior to being harvested. Missouri Farm Bureau president Blake Hurst says thieves are hauling it away and selling it.
The price for fresh hay to feed livestock is on the rise with winter approaching. Hurst says that makes unguarded bales tempting targets.
He says farm states across the country are seeing the trend, so much so that some farmers are now putting global positioning trackers inside hay bales.
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Information from: KMOX-AM, http://www.kmox.com
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connor 5 months, 1 week ago
GPS trackers in hay bales what a joke. Maybe if someone was setting up a deliberate trap. I have seen little GPS trackers in Bee Hives though but they are enclosed and protected better.
The problem is that it is getting to the point that hay isn't available at any price and a number of stock owners, especially horse owners, are in deep trouble. They can't find any hay to even buy and they can't even give their horses away because no one wants em. Not all horse owners but a few so far are left with no choices except illegal ones really. I get at least 1 or 2 people just driving up into my yard when they see me outside and asking if I have any hay to sell, perfect strangers with no reference other than seeing I have bales in the field. Sure I will get some of that occasionally but never before more than once or twice a year and these people almost have to be out looking cause I am not that near a busy road.
I seriously wonder what some of the horse owners with no land of their own to speak of are going to do come February or March. So far we have had a mild Fall and some fields are actually still growing a bit but if Winter turns bad we may see random livestock being tied up along the road with a "For Free" sign around their necks like we did back in the 70's.
This is a que for you Liberal types to start proposing Government hand outs and hay/feed welfare for those city horses. I am sure the majority of their owners who always thought they could buy whatever hay they needed will be more than happy to cast a pro-bail-me-out ballot for free fodder.
dokeus6 5 months, 1 week ago
Don't fret connor We will end up subsidizing those farmers that lose their products. Every time a natural disaster strikes farmers are the first ones to stand up and shout that they need help. Do you hear anyone complaining about helping the farmers out in their time of need? I don't.
connor 5 months, 1 week ago
Only a Brain Damaged Liberal would complain about making sure the people who grow their food get bailed out. I got a clue for ya the government subsidizes the agricultural industry for you. Not for the farmers. In order to keep your food prices low and keep you insulated from times like these.
Yet all you see is a share of the taxpayer money pie NOT going to your "special" select victim groups and then all of a sudden it is a big deal.
Hypocrites R US.
JCLifer 5 months, 1 week ago
Yuck. I dont eat no horsemeat. Execute and bury them. There is always a solution.
connor 5 months, 1 week ago
It's illegal here anyway. I think I might have read something about a few states allowing it again but I am a bit fuzzy on that however horse meat is consumed South of our border and it isn't bad really.
Not that I was endorsing horses as food or anything.
eileen10 5 months, 1 week ago
I've never eaten horse meat but I bet Andrew Zimmern has. Is it anything like beef?
connor 5 months, 1 week ago
The only way I ever tried it I honestly couldn't say for sure. It was so heavily seasoned it could have been possum and I doubt I would have known the difference.
Was kinda stringy though.
Littleinvestor 5 months, 1 week ago
Pelletized alfalfa which can substitute for hay is readily available although expensive. I bought three horses a month ago because they were registered, cheap and I had hay. The neighbor boy and I are getting them trained and hope to sell one of them this spring. He is getting one for his help and I'm keeping one as company for the old horse I already had. I prefer a horse to an ATV for getting cattle out of my Ozark hills. The horse almost always knows where the cows are; an ATV never does.
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