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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Candlewood Orchards, Connecticut

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Evidence strength50/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint1,326.1 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth67.8 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence70.3 / 100HIGH
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 difficulty45.2 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal53 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Candlewood Orchards. The latest 2025 raster shows 1,326 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 85th percentile among 215 analyzed Connecticut localities and the 45th percentile nationally. 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 Dover Plains, New York, 20 miles away with 2,897 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 supplyMODERATE
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 85th percentile among analyzed Connecticut localities.

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Satellite crop map

Local alfalfa footprint

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

EXACT
Within 25 miles1,326mapped acres · 0.106% of radius · 2025

85th percentile among 215 analyzed Connecticut localities · 45th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · radius

Counts preserve native CDL pixels in 32×32 blocks; a block is included in a radial total when its projected center falls inside the requested radius. Acreage uses the raster's projected pixel area.

Source
usda-cdl-2025-30m
Snapshot
usda-cdl-2025-30m:3621cf215579b174
Source record
5963
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
5963 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:f5130372e5631207af419cd83e2e
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

70.3 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 24,195 acres · 56th regional percentile · 85th national percentile2009: 15,346 acres · 71st regional percentile · 80th national percentile2010: 47,752 acres · 74th regional percentile · 92nd national percentile2011: 33,154 acres · 77th regional percentile · 88th national percentile2012: 2,649 acres · 86th regional percentile · 56th national percentile2013: 19,666 acres · 79th regional percentile · 84th national percentile2014: 28,994 acres · 68th regional percentile · 87th national percentile2015: 31,237 acres · 71st regional percentile · 86th national percentile2016: 20,468 acres · 60th regional percentile · 79th national percentile2017: 20,472 acres · 67th regional percentile · 80th national percentile2018: 7,845 acres · 50th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2019: 5,460 acres · 59th regional percentile · 60th national percentile2020: 5,732 acres · 67th regional percentile · 60th national percentile2021: 4,319 acres · 79th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2022: 3,843 acres · 76th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2023: 3,515 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 57th national percentile2024: 2,625 acres · 89th regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2025: 1,326 acres · 86th regional percentile · 45th national percentile
20082025
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 precipitation53 in
How calculated

DANBURY, CT US · nearest station

Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.

Source
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020
Snapshot
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020:0fdb814203150780
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
in
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4743071ac2ac04c2cd2fe15f26ab
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature51.3 °F
How calculated

DANBURY, CT US · nearest station

Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.

Source
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020
Snapshot
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020:0fdb814203150780
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
°F
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2ec435db4b354688f70e2109b1d9
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance5 miles
How calculated

DANBURY, CT US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Candlewood Orchards reference point to the official station.

Source
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020
Snapshot
noaa-climate-normals-annual-1991-2020:0fdb814203150780
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
miles
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:fef0639444348fe0ff1e0b1df7a1
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:current_area_d1_plus:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:157483e750184b1139f8d5d8e866
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:current_area_d2_plus:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:1d2b860d0faad8304ddb943fd10c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:current_area_d3_plus:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:83f0f05accd3a92c1f4529889b1d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
NONE category

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:current_category_majority_area:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:59be39673247c1cc22d925b0f74b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:current_pressure_score:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:73bb4cd6828a04eddc13d3aaa5e4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:four_week_trend:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:fa70147c919586c2ff55cca19225
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
7 weeks

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:longest_recent_majority_d1_plus_run:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
weeks
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:41144380c48a9d096b88ecf7c026
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
36.4 0-100

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:pressure_score_12_weeks_ago:2026-06-09
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-09
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:f40efeafcf437ee6b59e62f3d628
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:pressure_score_26_weeks_ago:2026-03-03
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-03-03
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:a1a03458ec918360a595a1a5270d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.7 0-100

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:pressure_score_4_weeks_ago:2026-08-04
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-08-04
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:dfab148f9adea179e33485793b8d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
14.5 percent

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:trailing_year_mean_area_d1_plus:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:b7d78ae6f782babe23407fc923f3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
2.1 percent

Candlewood Orchards · 2026

How calculated

Candlewood Orchards · containing county

County percentage-of-area statistics attached through the locality's TIGER/Line containing county. Pressure is an acreage-weighted 0–100 transformation of exclusive D0–D4 shares; it does not estimate production or price.

Source
us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
us-drought-monitor-history:29de7763f2cfba4b
Source record
drought:trailing_year_mean_area_d2_plus:2026-09-01
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-09-01
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:d001d0817f124da441a75260b19b
Official record
Open source ↗

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

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

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Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes

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Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

Quote B

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter 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.

45.2sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Dover Plains, New York19.8 mi2,897 ac992. Alfalfa Hay in Freedom Plains, New York23 mi2,516 ac893. Alfalfa Hay in New Preston, Connecticut16.1 mi2,330 ac84.54. Alfalfa Hay in Gaylordsville, Connecticut12 mi2,319 ac84.45. Alfalfa Hay in Wingdale, New York13.2 mi2,272 ac83.26. Alfalfa Hay in Hillside Lake, New York21.1 mi2,204 ac817. Alfalfa Hay in Bantam, Connecticut20.2 mi2,102 ac78.48. Alfalfa Hay in Chelsea Cove, New York18.8 mi2,043 ac779. Alfalfa Hay in Sherman, Connecticut7.6 mi1,880 ac73.310. Alfalfa Hay in New Milford, Connecticut7.7 mi1,870 ac73
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Alfalfa Hay markets in Western Connecticut Planning Regioncounty
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Methodology & sources

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationU.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals, multivariate by station
1991-2020 v1.0.1stationOfficial source ↗
National Drought Mitigation Center / USDA / NOAAU.S. Drought Monitor comprehensive weekly statistics
rollingcounty area statistics attached to localities through TIGER/Line containmentOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2008 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
200830-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2009 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
200930-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2010 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201030-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2011 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201130-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2012 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201230-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2013 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201330-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2014 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201430-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2015 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201530-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2016 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201630-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2017 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201730-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2018 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201830-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2019 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201930-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2020 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202030-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2021 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202130-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202230-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2023 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202330-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2024 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202430-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2025 Cropland Data Layer — national resampled 30-meter
202530-meter rasterOfficial 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 identify Alfalfa Hay in this area. Prices vary by quality, bale format, season, and delivery, so request current supplier quotes for the most relevant pricing.

Generator: max-v1.0 · 45 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.