BC Ranchers Struggle as Drought Sends Hay Prices Soaring

BC Ranchers Struggle as Drought Sends Hay Prices Soaring
B.C. rancher Suzanne Fradette's cattle are driven through a forest in an undated handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-Suzanne Fradette
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British Columbia rancher Suzanne Fradette had just got off the phone with a hay broker who had grim news amid an ongoing drought that has sent feed prices soaring: “It’s bad out there.”

“We’ve got a fairly small herd, like 140 head, but we are thinking it’s going to be about $100,000 this year for hay,” said Fradette.