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MANTORVILLE, Minn.

Photos: Farmers scramble to buy feed for cattle

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Durst Brothers Dairy farm
A cow eats its feed at Durst Brothers Dairy farm in Mantorville Thursday, May 30, 2013. The farm grows its own feed for its 3,000 heads of livestock. However, the farm has replanted its alfalfa crop after losing about 900 acres to the weather. To compound matters, the delayed spring and soggy weather has prevented the farm from planting the remainder of its crop.
Photo by Alex Kolyer for MPR

Farmers in the upper Midwest are scrambling to buy feed from Colorado, South Dakota and other states. They're also stretching what they have now while they plant more seed. But even that's proving to be a challenge.

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Alfalfa sprouts
Alfalfa sprouts in a field at the Durst Brothers Dairy farm Thursday, May 30, 2013, in Mantorville, Minn. The farm grows its own feed for its 3,000 heads of livestock. However, the farm has had to replant its alfalfa crop after losing about 900 acres of it due to the weather. To compound matters, the delayed spring and soggy weather has prevented the farm from planting the remainder of its crop.
Photo by Alex Kolyer for MPR
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Durst Brothers Dairy farm
A cow eats its feed at Durst Brothers Dairy farm in Mantorville Thursday, May 30, 2013. The farm grows its own feed for its 3,000 heads of livestock. However, the farm has replanted its alfalfa crop after losing about 900 acres to the weather. To compound matters, the delayed spring and soggy weather has prevented the farm from planting the remainder of its crop.
Photo by Alex Kolyer for MPR
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Milking parlor
A cow enters the milking parlor at Durst Brothers Dairy farm in Mantorville Thursday, May 30, 2013. The farm grows its own feed for its 3,000 heads of livestock. However, the farm has replanted its alfalfa crop after losing about 900 acres to the weather.
Photo by Alex Kolyer for MPR