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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in East Haven, Connecticut

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Evidence strength50/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint830.6 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth54.8 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence70.9 / 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 difficulty51.2 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal41.8 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around East Haven. The latest 2025 raster shows 831 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 61st percentile among 215 analyzed Connecticut localities and the 40th 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 Plantsville, Connecticut, 20 miles away with 1,334 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 61st 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 miles831mapped acres · 0.066% of radius · 2025

61th percentile among 215 analyzed Connecticut localities · 40th percentile nationally.

How calculated

East Haven · 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
3735
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3735 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:74b5d90a3e5ca25bf7552f25bfd3
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

70.9 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 5,616 acres · 16th regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2009: 1,841 acres · 13th regional percentile · 51st national percentile2010: 23,786 acres · 27th regional percentile · 84th national percentile2011: 17,625 acres · 37th regional percentile · 77th national percentile2012: 28 acres · 4th regional percentile · 24th national percentile2013: 8,076 acres · 33rd regional percentile · 69th national percentile2014: 14,884 acres · 34th regional percentile · 76th national percentile2015: 14,484 acres · 33rd regional percentile · 74th national percentile2016: 10,126 acres · 30th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2017: 11,126 acres · 32nd regional percentile · 69th national percentile2018: 6,723 acres · 40th regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2019: 5,141 acres · 56th regional percentile · 59th national percentile2020: 4,838 acres · 54th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2021: 3,934 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 57th national percentile2022: 3,642 acres · 71st regional percentile · 57th national percentile2023: 3,681 acres · 79th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2024: 965 acres · 63rd regional percentile · 52nd national percentile2025: 831 acres · 62nd regional percentile · 40th national percentile
20082025
Comparable market observations

Price intelligence

No defensible Alfalfa benchmark

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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 precipitation41.8 in
How calculated

NEW HAVEN TWEED AP, 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:4d984c5f08cc43b4443d4683b793
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature52 °F
How calculated

NEW HAVEN TWEED AP, 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:51c1df919dff1a75c962057bd0e2
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance2.5 miles
How calculated

NEW HAVEN TWEED AP, CT US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from East Haven 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:65cdd3555e71b39fd0c4fa96f333
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

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:6aca51e26f7250c63fbb8f36b903
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:dd80a71fb098c381ac04be8a3725
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:ba163c90e4494327627d5cdef4af
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
NONE category

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:289676532e577d3366baa12a143f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:6833a3f34076f42453c70646fef1
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
STABLE category

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:f49878789045df500651b6fd152e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
6 weeks

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:b6fa8b32e9f85582780f7404d7fd
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
39.9 0-100

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:f4f8a3189d2fbf382e4d386803ff
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
39.2 0-100

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:126b8cbfd0a2b471364f0f9c0456
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.8 0-100

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:2426b9d3a2aa478d90b880ade32e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
25.4 percent

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:fdcec50f3e231ad97bbf71ca2e71
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

East Haven · 2026

How calculated

East Haven · 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:a2ebcb98adfb10594024791490a4
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.
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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

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Delivered total$0.00
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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.

51.2sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Plantsville, Connecticut20.1 mi1,334 ac992. Alfalfa Hay in Cheshire Village, Connecticut14.7 mi1,297 ac97.23. Alfalfa Hay in Waterbury, Connecticut20.5 mi1,299 ac974. Alfalfa Hay in Naugatuck, Connecticut16.7 mi1,286 ac96.55. Alfalfa Hay in Meriden, Connecticut17.1 mi1,283 ac96.36. Alfalfa Hay in Oakville, Connecticut23.7 mi1,286 ac96.17. Alfalfa Hay in Bristol, Connecticut27.1 mi1,271 ac95.18. Alfalfa Hay in Wallingford Center, Connecticut11 mi1,253 ac94.99. Alfalfa Hay in Quinnipiac University, Connecticut8.9 mi1,248 ac94.710. Alfalfa Hay in New Britain, Connecticut26.7 mi1,243 ac93.5
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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.