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cost of pens and papers and notebooks and all of that that went up. >> back to school sticker shock as inflation sent the price of school supplies soaring. the impact it is having not only on parents, but also on business owners and teachers. how some people in california are making money by having their front yards ripped out. it is sunday, august 21st, welcome to a new week. we're so grateful you're waking up with us. good morning, amara. >> good morning, boris. happy sunday. and we begin this morning with the extreme weather threat across the southwest and southern plains. mor...

Probably only about four, five inches tall when normally they're a foot, foot and a half. we're usually on second cut right about now. our third cut would be end of september and it is not looking good for any of that. >> gosh, so you're obviously seeing huge shortage of hay then, right. what does that mean in general for your livelihood and also who you provide hay for? i'm sure the cow farmers are going to be lacking this season. >> yeah, no, absolutely. we're looking at an increased cost and not just us. we talked to people from vermont, new york, they're all experiencing the same thing. es...

“I’ve never quite seen the scarcity of hay have such a huge impact on price before.”

2013 was one of the driest years on record. 2014 looks like it could be even worse. now as far as snow pack up in the sierra mountains, is much lower than it should be a fraction of it should be. with the thaw in the spring it would bring more water if it was one. we have video to show how how dry and cracked earth was before the rain came. not terribly improved after that little bit of rainfall overnight. looking potentially more from the big storm out here in next couple days. the feds already promised $180 million in relief for the drought. california assembly taking up a bill would provide...

Pushing hay prices up. all the costs are going into keeping the cattle alive so it's forcing some ranchers, like frank to sell off part of the heard. >> i think we're all about the same. lack of rain no grass no grass to feed the cows so how have a chance of sell them or buy hay. hay price has tripled so we're trying to sell 10-20, 30 at a time. >> these are hi prize cattles and the ones he'll hold on to the last. what is interesting is that you're seeing cattlemen taking more of the cows to market, but the prices are going up. futures hit a record high in chicago today and have been tripling ...