Jan. 12—The sweet and earthy scent of hay has been wafting through the Madison County Fairgrounds this week, as volunteers have been collecting deliveries of hay for the return of a county staple this ...

Farmers and hay producers are invited to participate in the upcoming hay auction at the Madison County Fairgrounds, set for Saturday, January 17th, 2026, beginning at 9 a.m. The event ...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. - Mid-America Auction Co. offers a spectacle of commercial agriculture - an event that brings 100 loads of hay in monthly sales during summer and more than 350 loads of hay in ...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. — Al Wessel and Kevin Winter decided to start their Mid-American hay auction a month earlier this fall. Usually the two auctioneers run the quality tested hay auction from October ...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. — Hay and straw bedding supplies are adequate in the region, but values are holding up, perhaps because of talk of potential drought in the region. Hay supplies are adequate for ...

This year’s drought is starting to have a trickle-down effect. The latest drought monitor shows that 93-percent of South Dakota is abnormally dry or in some sort of drought. That’s up two percent from ...

Higher quality hay remains in short supply, selling for anywhere from $270 to $320 a ton at auctions Wednesday in Dyersville and Fort Atkinson. That's more than three times what high quality hay was ...

SAUK CENTRE, Minn. - Mid-America Auction Co. offers a spectacle of commercial agriculture - an event that brings 100 loads of hay in monthly sales during summer and more than 350 loads of hay in ...