Amy Didominicis feeds a handful of hay to Maddie the horse at the Children's Farm in Palos Park, Illinois, Friday, September 21, 2012. Due to the summer drought this year the farm is 1,700 bales short and will have to buy the hay at inflated prices. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
Amy Didominicis looks out from a barn where they store bales of hay at the Children's Farm in Palos Park, Illinois, Friday, September 21, 2012. Due to the summer drought this year it's 1,700 bales short and will have to buy the hay at inflated prices. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
Cricket, a Shetland pony, nibbles at hay through the fencing of his stall at the Children's Farm in Palos Park, Illinois, Friday, September 21, 2012. Due to the summer drought this year the farm is 1,700 bales short and will have to buy hay at inflated prices. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
Cricket, a Shetland pony, eyes loose hay near the fencing of his stall at the Children's Farm in Palos Park, Illinois, Friday, September 21, 2012. Due to the summer drought this year the farm is 1,700 bales short and will have to buy hay at inflated prices. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media
Hay may be for horses, but the skyrocketing price of it has some of their owners wondering if this isn’t the last straw. Horse owners across the Midwest already are seeing the effect of this year’s drought on the cost of hay; skyrocketing prices and …
