# Famine hits: Fodder costs ₹1,500 a quintal, herders drive cattle to Punjab and Haryana

> Villages in the Bap tehsil are facing famine-like conditions after monsoon rains failed following sowing, drying crops and leaving ponds empty. Fodder now sells for ₹1,500 per quintal, and at least seven herders have already moved about 500 sheep to Punjab and Haryana. Stray cattle are being abandoned as owners cannot afford feed, and local sarpanches are supplying fodder to them.

- Date: 2026-11-15 · published 2026-11-15T12:19:27.707Z
- Category: weather · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/101179-famine-hits-fodder-costs-1-500-a-quintal-herders-drive-cattle-to-punjab-and
- Commodities: [Alfalfa Hay](https://feedsoft.ai/c/ALFALFA.md), [Grass Hay](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GRASSHAY.md)

## Why it matters

Localized drought and fodder scarcity in Rajasthan raise local feed demand and may push herders to sell or relocate livestock, a small but real signal of regional feed stress in India.

## Read by commodity

- ALFALFA: bullish ▲
- GRASSHAY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- bhaskar.com: https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/jodhpur/bap/news/famine-hits-fodder-costs-1500-a-quintal-herders-drive-cattle-to-punjab-and-haryana-dbp-139690352.html

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