Supply and Demand

[twilightpony]

The day started cool and sunny, but by afternoon it turned cold wet and dreary. I brewed a pot of chocolate peppermint tea and watched the sheets of rain splash patterns on the big balcony. The last hay bales have been picked up and either squeezed into storage somewhere or sent by train to markets elsewhere in Equestria and Yakyakistan. Now that the buying frenzy is over, prices should drop soon and stay that way for a while, at least until demand picks up again in midwinter. Most ponies can't store enough hay to last all year in their homes and they go to the markets to replenish their small larders. Not everypony lives on a farm or in a giant stone tree-shaped stable.

Comments

[flareblitzfury]

It's good the prices have dropped!

[twilightpony]

That's true, not every pony can or wants to pay Yakyakistan prices for our hay. But our increased hay production this year was in part to satisfy both demands, yak and pony. Nopony is going to go hungry for lack of hay.

[flareblitzfury]

Yeah! It looks like it's working pretty well!