Wet weather a challenge for hay season

And the weather issues are not restricted to Prince George. It is wet all across BC. In the southern regions of the province, it is of lesser concern because farmers there can get more than one crop off. Not so in the northern regions of the province and the Peace Country.

“That poses a little dilemma in the fact that we have to capitalize on what we can get once,” says Kevin Boon, President of the BC Cattlemen’s Association. “And, if we can’t get out on that field, what is the deterioration? What is the loss? And are we actually able to get a quality of feed at the end of the day?

He says there is no need to push the panic button. Yet.

“We’re watching. We’re monitoring, says Boon. “And it’s one of the challenges in living in this province where we can go from drought one year to floods the next year. And it all has an impact on the feed we have available.”

He says flooding is much more manageable for the farming industry than a broader, province-wide drought.

That’s cold comfort to Myatovic, who says his options are running out.

“I’m going to try for sillage or else I have to sell my herd. And the price is low right now. It’s a Catch 22 situation.”

by Cheryl Jahn

Wet weather a challenge for hay season

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