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Haybales in South Dakota

Hay has become a hot commodity

Hay prices have jumped dramatically as drought in many of the nation’s key hay-producing areas has decimated the supply.

A barn fire, from horseandman.com

FIRED UP: The rural facts we used to know

The fact that hay can spontaneously combust when stored wet is something that was once common knowledge but is not any longer as people move away from agriculture.