By: Linda Greer, Cedar County Republican

Cattleman Gene Brown should have baled 20 acres of hay by now. Instead, by Friday, June 6, he had baled none.

"In past years, I would have had it all done by now and been starting on a second cutting," Brown said.

Brown, who raises cattle seven miles south of Stockton has lived in Cedar County his entire life. He said weather extremes - either too much rain or not enough - are part of living in the Ozarks.

"It happens sometimes," Brown said of the lack of enough consecutive dry days to bale hay.

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