Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Mellette, South Dakota

Name: Alfalfa market intelligence for Mellette, South Dakota
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Evidence strength75/ 100 · EXACT

Local mapped footprint17,309 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth53.3 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence91 / 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 difficulty55.5 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal23 in1991–2020 NORMAL

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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Mellette. The latest 2025 raster shows 17,309 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 20th percentile among 485 analyzed South Dakota localities and the 84th percentile nationally. Spink County reports 22,213 acres of reported alfalfa acreage in 2022, 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 Huron, South Dakota, 57 miles away with 36,930 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 32.1% as of 2026-09-01, which can affect how quickly buyers should confirm quality and freight.

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 20th percentile among analyzed South Dakota localities.

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usda-cdl-2025-30m

Satellite crop map

Local alfalfa footprint

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

EXACT

5 mi

344 ac

10 mi

2,039 ac

25 mi

17,309 ac

50 mi

76,549 ac

100 mi

356,243 ac

150 mi

825,218 ac

250 mi

2,159,776 ac

Within 25 miles17,309mapped acres · 1.377% of radius · 2025

20th percentile among 485 analyzed South Dakota localities · 84th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Mellette · 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: 77830
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2025-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 77830 classified pixels
Normalized unit: acres
Freshness: LATEST
Fact ID: fact:e9fbdcdf437b862b0d27ff50ba2a
Official record: Open source ↗

Footprint history

91 / 100 persistence · HIGH

20082025

Agricultural census

Production & livestock context

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

53.3production depth

Alfalfa AcresHISTORICAL

22,213 acres

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:alfalfa_acres:2022
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 22,213 acres
Normalized unit: acres
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:a326e1a064be1a00a97eb2e87be4
Official record: Open source ↗

Alfalfa FarmsHISTORICAL

168 farms

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:alfalfa_farms:2022
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 168 farms
Normalized unit: farms
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:3f8785cd9b496b36180c1ea55995
Official record: Open source ↗

Alfalfa Irrigated AcresHISTORICAL

(D) acres

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:alfalfa_irrigated_acres:2022
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: (D) acres
Normalized unit: acres
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:9ccb9b44cba845e880817f54a0fc
Official record: Open source ↗

Alfalfa Irrigated FarmsHISTORICAL

13 farms

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:alfalfa_irrigated_farms:2022
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 13 farms
Normalized unit: farms
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:0b37af038dba9231d22513f32827
Official record: Open source ↗

Alfalfa ProductionHISTORICAL

57,477 tons

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:alfalfa_production:2022
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 57,477 tons
Normalized unit: tons
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:dea192e6af1ea014bb79a8c07655
Official record: Open source ↗

Alfalfa Reported YieldHISTORICAL

2.6 tons/acre

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Reported production divided by reported harvested acres at the same published geography and vintage.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:alfalfa:reported-yield:2022
Evidence: EXACT
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Normalized unit: tons/acre
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:88dca646ddd06901fbfccea14ba9
Official record: Open source ↗

Beef CattleHISTORICAL

(D) head

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence: GENERAL
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: (D) head
Normalized unit: head
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:751d63f4d867227d13aa411217e3
Official record: Open source ↗

CattleHISTORICAL

76,093 head

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:cattle:2022
Evidence: GENERAL
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 76,093 head
Normalized unit: head
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:2d37c927bc73ba741c9e3bb7a37d
Official record: Open source ↗

Dairy CattleHISTORICAL

(D) head

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence: GENERAL
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: (D) head
Normalized unit: head
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:d7f2d45a708910fb5d7a68c90b73
Official record: Open source ↗

EquineHISTORICAL

227 head

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:equine:2022
Evidence: GENERAL
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: 227 head
Normalized unit: head
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:40535763f195e8f780ffacc0c3e2
Official record: Open source ↗

Forage Production To Livestock ContextHISTORICAL

0.5 reported_hay_acres/reported_head

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Reported all-hay acres divided by the sum of reported cattle, equine, sheep, and goat inventories. This is context, not consumption or a shortage estimate.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:forage-production-livestock-context:2022
Evidence: GENERAL
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Normalized unit: reported_hay_acres/reported_head
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:4e121eea2c308ee4b9f03aa0d263
Official record: Open source ↗

GoatsHISTORICAL

(D) head

Spink County · 2022

How calculated

Spink County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source: usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot: usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record: 46115:goats:2022
Evidence: GENERAL
Period: 2022-12-31
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Original: (D) head
Normalized unit: head
Freshness: HISTORICAL
Fact ID: fact:f83e6690beaad5aa91c835a0b63e
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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Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation23 in

How calculated

MELLETTE 4 W, SD 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:01d8e6418c14cb443dce70d7611c
Official record: Open source ↗

Annual mean temperature42.8 °F

How calculated

MELLETTE 4 W, SD 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:5cc2ddba8e4891059991d7934b94
Official record: Open source ↗

Station distance4.1 miles

How calculated

MELLETTE 4 W, SD US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Mellette 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:c329504c5dc1bf0bbd1e6689212a
Official record: Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST

32.1 percent

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · 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:fabc237a2c65154d
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:5c4f8ca8529467c1ad8921e1b490
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST

0 percent

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:be5c32f3ca7850c701b641ecf497
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST

0 percent

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:905622f861c26315528ccd3ce39b
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST

D0 category

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:328b62d5fa3d2d1a64756bfca252
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST

26.4 0-100

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:c1806e650f0dbd58208ac4a5a3f1
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Four Week TrendLATEST

STABLE category

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:98fde81a09110809029a67f1d480
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST

0 weeks

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:4edbdd8e1d7533497dce8e0b1a0f
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST

20 0-100

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:98b71859d8506aeeb8c0c15643c8
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST

7.5 0-100

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:991e4e321b4be8eda769485547ab
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST

26.1 0-100

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:ff2b5b2ed654438db5ef8d329e73
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST

4.6 percent

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:f25b3c39e21be56e8bddf24be4e0
Official record: Open source ↗

Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST

0 percent

Mellette · 2026

How calculated

Mellette · containing county

Source: us-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot: us-drought-monitor-history:fabc237a2c65154d
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:fc409ff287958633e79aa90c4477
Official record: Open source ↗

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

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Bale countWeight per bale (lb)

Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes

Quote A

Pickup price / baleLoaded route milesFreight / loaded mileUnloading totalStacking totalOther chargesPayload / load

Delivered total$0.00

Delivered equivalent—

Loads—Enter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

Quote B

Pickup price / baleLoaded route milesFreight / loaded mileUnloading totalStacking totalOther chargesPayload / load

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.

55.5sourcing difficulty

Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength

1. Alfalfa Hay in Huron, South Dakota56.5 mi36,930 ac97.2 2. Alfalfa Hay in Wolsey, South Dakota51.4 mi35,499 ac94.5 3. Alfalfa Hay in Cavour, South Dakota58.7 mi35,569 ac94.3 4. Alfalfa Hay in Morningside, South Dakota56.5 mi35,138 ac93.5 5. Alfalfa Hay in Spring Creek Colony, South Dakota55.2 mi33,826 ac90.9 6. Alfalfa Hay in Yale, South Dakota55.7 mi33,124 ac89.5 7. Alfalfa Hay in Leola, South Dakota44.6 mi32,186 ac88.1 8. Alfalfa Hay in Bancroft, South Dakota58.8 mi32,283 ac87.6 9. Alfalfa Hay in Long Lake, South Dakota59.4 mi31,809 ac86.6 10. Alfalfa Hay in Broadland, South Dakota46.2 mi31,365 ac86.4

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Geographic hubs organize the evidence below this locality. Other hay types appear when the same market has enough exact or contextual support to be useful.

County and agricultural-region markets

Alfalfa Hay markets in Spink Countycounty

Other strongly supported hay types in Mellette

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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 ↗

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Chapter 2 County Level

2022countyOfficial 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 · 71 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.

Alfalfa Hayin Mellette, South Dakota

What the local hay data shows

What the evidence says now

Local alfalfa footprint

Footprint history

Production & livestock context

Price intelligence

Local climate context

Drought & moisture context

Visible supply & verified demand

Delivered-cost, bale & truckload engine

Quote A

Quote B

Strong nearby sourcing candidates

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County and agricultural-region markets

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Methodology & sources

Alfalfa Hay
in Mellette, South Dakota