Hay season is underway, and farmers and ranchers say the outlook is promising.Texas hay production has struggled with drought over the past few years, but the current season shows significant improvement. Across the state, many farmers and ranchers received spring and early summer rains.“We had a lot of rain in the spring and right before summer. If you fertilized the hay, it is super thick,” Malorie Crowell, co-owner of a commercial hay operation in Hood-Somervell County and AgLead XVI member, said. We’re almost getting two cuttings from fields.”She noted one field in the area made 150 square bales per acre,