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> Based on USDA data for 2021, only 3.9% of all U.S. hay produced and 6.4% of all alfalfa hay entered the export market. [0]

[0]: https://hayandforage.com/article-3825-year-end-hay-exports-s...



Because we grow a lot in the Midwest where water comes from the sky.


And the Oglala Aquifier. But at least that water crisis is in the future not right now.


Where do you think the Colorado River gets its water from?


I can say with 100% certainty that none of it comes from midwestern rain.


Rocky Mountain snowmelt? It’s not coming from rain in Nebraska, that’s for sure.


Snow comes from the sky.




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