Tragedy in Ada County
(Ellsworth) “The record high we saw this summer, $200 plus per ton of hay, corn prices were so high, a lot of stress on the cattle industry. People had to cull herds making sure they wouldn’t have to purchase hay for the winter. Fuel prices were so high that freight went up, it cost more to get your cattle delivered. It’s just taking the profitability out of it. I think everybody’s just cut back and trying to get through these high feed prices and a slow economy.”