Southern Western Drought Felt In NW Iowa

The drought in the Southwest US has reached Iowa.  Not the drought exactly, but the effects of the drought.  I've started receiving phone calls for hay from Texas and Arkansas for hay prices.  The farmers in those areas are reaching far and wide to try to pull in enough hay to keep what livestock and horses they have to feed.  Cattle prices are very high right now so I assume that the farmers are hoping to maximize their profit on their cattle.  It's hard to imagine the difficulty and hardship that a drought like this has on a farm that is very dependent on hay.  And imagine the horse owner who has to decide if they will pay $15 per bale of hay.  I think that my daughter would choose the $15 for her horses too...