Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Kil-pah-las 3, British Columbia

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint17,301.2 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Pasture / forage

Production depth74.4 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence56.8 / 100MODERATE
Price benchmark NO DEFENSIBLE BENCHMARK

Sample count and comparability are required before publishing an aggregate.

Supplier depth0 active suppliers within 50 miNO CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
Verified demand0 requests / 90 days / 50 miNO CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
Sourcing difficulty45.3 / 100MODERATE

Deterministic composite of production depth, supplier coverage, sourcing distance and price-discovery radius.

Annual precipitation normal901.2 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies pasture / forage around Kil-pah-las 3, but it does not measure how much is specifically Alfalfa hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 17,301 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 77th percentile among 7,530 analyzed British Columbia localities and the 36th percentile nationally. Cowichan Valley, British Columbia reports 10,059 acres of reported other hay fodder acreage in 2021, giving HayQuotes regional production context without treating that published geography as live city inventory. No compatible public price benchmark is stored for this market, so the page does not invent pricing. The sourcing graph points to nearby alternatives such as Langley, British Columbia, 50 miles away with 53,655 mapped acres. HayQuotes has not yet stored enough recent marketplace observations here to publish supplier liquidity, so quote requests are the check for bale format, freight, timing, and availability.

Buyer decision panel

What the evidence says now

Price dataLIMITED
Local supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped pasture / forage footprint ranks at the 77th percentile among analyzed British Columbia localities.

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This raster evidence is broader pasture / forage context; it does not identify how much is specifically Alfalfa hay.

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Production evidence is relatively strong, but HayQuotes currently has no observed active supplier coverage in this market.

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Satellite crop map

Local pasture / forage footprint

Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.

FAMILY

Footprint history

56.8 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2011: 14,780 acres · 75th regional percentile · 24th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 18th national percentile2013: 0 acres · 61st regional percentile · 18th national percentile2014: 10,668 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 28th national percentile2015: 0 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 20th national percentile2016: 523 acres · 40th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2017: 14,086 acres · 79th regional percentile · 32nd national percentile2018: 16,312 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 34th national percentile2019: 11,718 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 28th national percentile2020: 20,060 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 35th national percentile2021: 0 acres · 61st regional percentile · 17th national percentile2022: 19,250 acres · 78th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2023: 18,728 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 35th national percentile2024: 19,054 acres · 78th regional percentile · 35th national percentile2025: 17,301 acres · 77th regional percentile · 36th national percentile
20112025
Agricultural census

Production & livestock context

The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.

74.4production depth
Alfalfa AcresHISTORICAL
F acres

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:alfalfa_acres:2021
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
F acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2b2139fcbb373c427d994a0a4591
Official record
Open source ↗
Alfalfa FarmsHISTORICAL
22 farms

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:alfalfa_farms:2021
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
22 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4375d93424ecee969ba3af596d87
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
12,362 acres

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
12362 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ecc2b78e5f0bf23ef925b2a1e585
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
214 farms

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
214 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:24d74948ef48eb0cb69df959367c
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
10,059 acres

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
10059 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ddd5f71c8c64bac5ad0b2e238f8e
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
176 farms

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
176 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8438e702abb032f408a71a4043d0
Official record
Open source ↗
Alfalfa AcresHISTORICAL
F acres

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:alfalfa_acres:2021
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
F acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2b2139fcbb373c427d994a0a4591
Official record
Open source ↗
Alfalfa FarmsHISTORICAL
22 farms

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:alfalfa_farms:2021
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
22 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4375d93424ecee969ba3af596d87
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
12,362 acres

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
12362 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ecc2b78e5f0bf23ef925b2a1e585
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
214 farms

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
214 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:24d74948ef48eb0cb69df959367c
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
10,059 acres

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
10059 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ddd5f71c8c64bac5ad0b2e238f8e
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
176 farms

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · 2021

How calculated

Cowichan Valley, British Columbia · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
5919:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
176 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8438e702abb032f408a71a4043d0
Official record
Open source ↗

Production depth measures evidence of production capacity; it is not an estimate of tons available for sale.

Comparable market observations

Price intelligence

No defensible Alfalfa benchmark

No sufficiently comparable current observation is stored for this market. HayQuotes does not substitute an incompatible price.

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Only compatible type, quality, package, sale-basis, unit, geography and time observations may be aggregated.

Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation901.2 mm
How calculated

Victoria (Airport) · nearest station

Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.

Source
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020
Snapshot
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020:fd6872767931cdb4
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
mm
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2b93cf5f7b498864ba403e75b10c
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature10.3 °C
How calculated

Victoria (Airport) · nearest station

Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.

Source
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020
Snapshot
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020:fd6872767931cdb4
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
°C
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:64382aeea0f661266f3a4ab9f366
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance10.3 miles
How calculated

Victoria (Airport) · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Kil-pah-las 3 reference point to the official station.

Source
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020
Snapshot
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020:fd6872767931cdb4
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
miles
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4243a1443c04804faea28b8bfe59
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Category PointLATEST
NONE category

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:current_category_point:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:30cc0daf50c15dd1ab4d2a1274e3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:current_pressure_score:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:46f1a4c59af91e406b8c36bf5ad3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:one_month_trend:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:0f4c9769a5310cbe0eb7859f0e41
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:pressure_score_1_month_ago:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:ce4c1ef64ff567118d8ca1088225
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:pressure_score_3_months_ago:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:48f63e230457c4ef19b4fd34ae8d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:pressure_score_6_months_ago:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:4f355f15b42991a0538db7d71183
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
38.5 percent of observations

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d1_plus:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:2d939e1ab61f74542075ad1671ba
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent of observations

Kil-pah-las 3 · 2026

How calculated

Kil-pah-las 3 · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d2_plus:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:71d345541e5610d496c74830398e
Official record
Open source ↗

Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.

HayQuotes marketplace

Visible supply & verified demand

Coverage is still developing

No recent HayQuotes marketplace observations are available yet for this local market.

Market balanceINSUFFICIENT DATALiquidity: / 100 · INSUFFICIENT DATAPublic aggregates require at least 3 comparable observations.
Decision tool

Delivered-cost, bale & truckload engine

No bale weight, payload, route mileage, or freight rate is assumed. Use the figures supplied with each quote.

Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes

Quote A

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

Quote B

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

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Geographic market graph

Strong nearby sourcing candidates

Ranked from the precomputed locality graph using type-aware mapped evidence and distance. Mapped land is not inventory for sale.

45.3sourcing difficulty
Source hay

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Internal market pathways

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Audit trail

Methodology & sources

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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2011
2011crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2012
2012crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2013
2013crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2014
2014crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2015
2015crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2016
2016crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2017
2017crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2018
2018crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2019
2019crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2020
2020crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2021
2021crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2022
2022crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2023
2023crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2024
2024crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2025
2025crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanadian Drought Monitor monthly raster archive
2002-current5-kilometre raster sampled at census subdivision representative pointsOfficial source ↗
Environment and Climate Change CanadaCanadian Climate Normals and Averages
1991-2020composite stationOfficial source ↗
Statistics CanadaTable 32-10-0309-01 — Field crops and hay, Census of Agriculture
2021published agricultural geographyOfficial source ↗
Evidence definitions and data confidence

EXACT identifies this hay type directly. FAMILY is broader family or supporting-crop evidence. GENERAL is context only. Public price observations are treated as confidence signals, not mandatory evidence.

Public agricultural records show relevant hay and forage activity in this area. Local Alfalfa Hay availability should be confirmed with suppliers. Prices vary by quality, bale format, season, and delivery, so request current supplier quotes for the most relevant pricing.

Generator: max-v1.0 · 40 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.