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New state hay directory designed to stay more currentOklahoma The Oklahoma Agricultural Department's Market News Service has revamped its online hay directory to make it easier for buyers to locate sellers who actually have hay for sale. "Our listings will be deleted after 60 days unless the sellers report that they still have hay for sale," said Glen Schickedanz, market news coordinator with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. "The primary complaint we receive about this directory is that there are sellers listed who don't have any hay. "With the new directory we not only list the contact information and information about the hay for sale, but also the date the information was listed," he said. "We think this is going to make the directory a much more valuable tool." The updated directory couldn't have come at a better time as the Oklahoma Agricultural Statistics Service just reported that the state's hay stocks were 27 percent below last year. In May of last year, hay stocks were down 60 percent from 2005. This means Oklahoma on-farm hay supplies are 87 percent below what they were in May 2004 before the drought and wildfires took their toll. "Right now we need more sellers to contact us and list their hay for sale," Schickedanz said. "There aren't that many hay producers with hay for sale at this time and there are a lot of people looking to buy good hay." The Oklahoma hay directory is online at www.oda.state.ok.us and the hay hotline is still open at 1-800-580-6543. Schickedanz can be contacted through the hay hotline or by e-mail at glen.shcikedanz@oda.state.ok.us. Date: 5/31/07
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