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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in New Haven, Connecticut

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Evidence strength50/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint945.2 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth59.2 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence70.8 / 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 difficulty49.1 / 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 New Haven. The latest 2025 raster shows 945 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 69th percentile among 215 analyzed Connecticut localities and the 41st 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, 19 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 69th 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 miles945mapped acres · 0.075% of radius · 2025

69th percentile among 215 analyzed Connecticut localities · 41th percentile nationally.

How calculated

New 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
4250
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
4250 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:84e1f1a4e24a2ffa2296c96f0225
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

70.8 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 7,600 acres · 21st regional percentile · 67th national percentile2009: 2,877 acres · 19th regional percentile · 56th national percentile2010: 28,383 acres · 34th regional percentile · 87th national percentile2011: 21,120 acres · 48th regional percentile · 81st national percentile2012: 6 acres · 1st regional percentile · 18th national percentile2013: 10,486 acres · 41st regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2014: 18,011 acres · 40th regional percentile · 80th national percentile2015: 18,034 acres · 41st regional percentile · 77th national percentile2016: 13,199 acres · 37th regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2017: 14,003 acres · 40th regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2018: 7,833 acres · 49th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2019: 5,607 acres · 63rd regional percentile · 60th national percentile2020: 5,225 acres · 58th regional percentile · 59th national percentile2021: 4,299 acres · 78th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2022: 3,997 acres · 81st regional percentile · 58th national percentile2023: 4,012 acres · 88th regional percentile · 59th national percentile2024: 1,030 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 53rd national percentile2025: 945 acres · 69th regional percentile · 41st 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:85e1304347722cb42552d6562e5c
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:8e9f8ef69d1a8237fa68bfb911fa
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance3.8 miles
How calculated

NEW HAVEN TWEED AP, CT US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from New 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:b75272e4e04c40d795b01ffb604e
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

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:d97f86fb3ebd43237d6304cbf5fc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:3862364783266953e1d192c3d11b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:cdadde9287fd75811643769afeb6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
NONE category

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:807d22b2787851f363826f365647
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:c48397fdc39d4c5723417093176a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
STABLE category

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:0e9a582063d08e3ef67ff31990f7
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
6 weeks

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:a921ad5819d4b4865f47b9e9451d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
39.9 0-100

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:58803f194c633c1b07d5f9e084d4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
39.2 0-100

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:676448be3a9bbde4ec2041d2f2a3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.8 0-100

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:cc69e7217c96ba7106ec34fde8ba
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
25.4 percent

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:f347ec9b86f7f4469e0b763944d5
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

New Haven · 2026

How calculated

New 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:1dd9ae03f088b315c6af415c54f2
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
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$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.

49.1sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Plantsville, Connecticut18.9 mi1,334 ac992. Alfalfa Hay in Bridgewater, Connecticut27.5 mi1,336 ac98.63. Alfalfa Hay in Cheshire Village, Connecticut13.4 mi1,297 ac97.24. Alfalfa Hay in Waterbury, Connecticut18.1 mi1,299 ac975. Alfalfa Hay in Naugatuck, Connecticut13.9 mi1,286 ac96.56. Alfalfa Hay in Meriden, Connecticut17 mi1,283 ac96.27. Alfalfa Hay in Oakville, Connecticut21 mi1,286 ac96.28. Alfalfa Hay in Bristol, Connecticut25.6 mi1,271 ac95.19. Alfalfa Hay in Wallingford Center, Connecticut11.1 mi1,253 ac94.810. Alfalfa Hay in Quinnipiac University, Connecticut7.7 mi1,248 ac94.7
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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.