It's not that hard to find here in central Texas, it's just a little more expensive since there has not been alot of rain to grow a decent crop for the last cut of 2005. We lease our land for the specific purpose of growing coastal hay and managed to only get two round bales an acre for two cuttings last year. The third season was tilled under and not worth cutting. This man could have bought something for his horses had he really wanted to.
We are investigating buying alfalfa cubes to stretch our hay until first cutting. It's getting scarce here.