There were almost twice as many mouths to feed - but no extra food to feed them.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Smaller outfits seldom have much of a cushion to buy extra feed, and Texas had a nasty drought last summer, too.

ECONOMIST: Drought in Texas

The farm said it was having to buy in the extra feed because of the the poor quality of last year's home-grown silage crop.

BBC: Acton Hall lambs, Suffolk

Swans are well known in these parts for their healthy appetite for grass, and the conservation scheme now provides compensation for the extra beaks to feed.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Farmers aid grazing swans