Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Portier Pass 5, British Columbia

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint17,267.8 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Pasture / forage

Production depth77.9 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence68.6 / 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 difficulty43.5 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal1,159.5 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies pasture / forage around Portier Pass 5, but it does not measure how much is specifically Alfalfa hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 17,268 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, 43 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

68.6 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2011: 17,873 acres · 79th regional percentile · 25th national percentile2012: 3,400 acres · 86th regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2013: 0 acres · 61st regional percentile · 18th national percentile2014: 11,823 acres · 75th regional percentile · 29th national percentile2015: 0 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 20th national percentile2016: 3,227 acres · 61st regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2017: 14,615 acres · 80th regional percentile · 32nd national percentile2018: 14,625 acres · 78th regional percentile · 32nd national percentile2019: 11,418 acres · 71st regional percentile · 28th national percentile2020: 19,322 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 34th national percentile2021: 679 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2022: 18,242 acres · 76th regional percentile · 33rd national percentile2023: 17,938 acres · 81st regional percentile · 34th national percentile2024: 17,935 acres · 76th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2025: 17,268 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.

77.9production 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 precipitation1,159.5 mm
How calculated

Vancouver International (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:432353f5c076d0866041b93c9999
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature10.5 °C
How calculated

Vancouver International (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:99701bfab2338e6f60b51c99abd7
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance22.7 miles
How calculated

Vancouver International (Airport) · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Portier Pass 5 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:6609d158ff20bd6cb8dfb3238d2b
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

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:8666e6894a1deb944ea9e4854d0a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:c0e62718f1108c7f65441041548e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
IMPROVING category

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:023f08fbb47e8b43f38d7c21384f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
60 0-100

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:f95f2e99d84f9eddb2965b30400c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:cb566bb597c125b6cd4177cfe4e8
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:496595a9043cfe26915690e06d7b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
23.1 percent of observations

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:30553eb217f2222bfcb899c36bb6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
7.7 percent of observations

Portier Pass 5 · 2026

How calculated

Portier Pass 5 · 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:9e06af3dc85ea9b166991147baf5
Official record
Open source ↗

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

HayQuotes marketplace

Visible supply & verified demand

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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

Comparable delivered resultComplete both quotes to compare delivered totals.
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.

43.5sourcing 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.