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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Ames, Texas

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint0 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth50.7 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence21.7 / 100LOW
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 difficulty77.2 / 100HIGH

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

Annual precipitation normal62.8 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Ames. The latest 2025 raster shows 0 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 53rd percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 16th percentile nationally. Liberty County reports 41,968 head of cattle 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 Liberty, Texas, 3.1 miles away with 0 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 86% 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 sourcingLIMITED
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 53rd percentile among analyzed Texas 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
Within 25 miles0mapped acres · 0% of radius · 2025

53th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 16th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Ames · 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
0
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
0 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:dd570f7f49da7efd35fab3911a23
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

21.7 / 100 persistence · LOW

2008: 0 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 10th national percentile2009: 0 acres · 17th regional percentile · 10th national percentile2010: 0 acres · 17th regional percentile · 13th national percentile2011: 0 acres · 26th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 13th regional percentile · 11th national percentile2013: 0 acres · 37th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2014: 0 acres · 30th regional percentile · 11th national percentile2015: 0 acres · 34th regional percentile · 11th national percentile2016: 0 acres · 26th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2017: 0 acres · 37th regional percentile · 11th national percentile2018: 1 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 12th national percentile2019: 1 acres · 20th regional percentile · 10th national percentile2020: 1 acres · 12th regional percentile · 10th national percentile2021: 1 acres · 15th regional percentile · 10th national percentile2022: 2 acres · 15th regional percentile · 11th national percentile2023: 0 acres · 11th regional percentile · 9th national percentile2024: 0 acres · 51st regional percentile · 12th national percentile2025: 0 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 16th national percentile
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.

50.7production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:9a6b074cb5d692789156a1874f9f
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
41,968 head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
41,968 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8350e8bacc6b0c5da2eafe1a5e6e
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4a4d8fe057343ac8614f134bc554
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
742 head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
742 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:141ddbce47f8d2d200b88a6d2614
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:9a6b074cb5d692789156a1874f9f
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
41,968 head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
41,968 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8350e8bacc6b0c5da2eafe1a5e6e
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4a4d8fe057343ac8614f134bc554
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
742 head

Liberty County · 2022

How calculated

Liberty County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48291:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
742 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:141ddbce47f8d2d200b88a6d2614
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

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Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation62.8 in
How calculated

LIBERTY, TX 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:574a0a172eb585ca09030f75a4fd
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature69.1 °F
How calculated

LIBERTY, TX 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:13c33da88e692042eaf8b93fdd84
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance3.6 miles
How calculated

LIBERTY, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Ames 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:381a95ceff59b615adbb81a2456d
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
86 percent

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:4d65ae49ba45d36d2ef20a51e864
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:6836ca22682b0d11531d01152f40
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:f98a3773c9de3f7d3da232d0a1b1
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:31de5a41ebeb07a19e34c4c74817
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
37.2 0-100

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:2d63da48f5d58f6edfb792db53c4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:7f1d1cdb45ffce3a2f9c4dcd5a9f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
33 weeks

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:1340dbb028cd2100fddbe989dd6a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
19.2 0-100

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:3448d11900a56c5afc2776756178
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
77.6 0-100

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:1ce110886f5b4f1566ca5d600546
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:5a999d23e7f31eef1b9cf63a03b3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
64 percent

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:97c65e04e66559fc7c2ad47dfe48
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
37.4 percent

Ames · 2026

How calculated

Ames · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:f2d454adfa39a5ac3c06dfdb14b5
Official record
Open source ↗

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

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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
Delivered equivalent—
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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.

77.2sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Liberty, Texas3.1 mi0 ac24.82. Alfalfa Hay in Hardin, Texas7.2 mi0 ac24.63. Alfalfa Hay in Kenefick, Texas7.4 mi0 ac24.64. Alfalfa Hay in Daisetta, Texas7.5 mi0 ac24.65. Alfalfa Hay in Dayton Lakes, Texas8.3 mi0 ac24.66. Alfalfa Hay in Hull, Texas9 mi0 ac24.57. Alfalfa Hay in Devers, Texas9.1 mi0 ac24.58. Alfalfa Hay in Dayton, Texas12.1 mi0 ac24.49. Alfalfa Hay in Old River-Winfree, Texas12.9 mi0 ac24.410. Alfalfa Hay in Mont Belvieu, Texas15.8 mi0 ac24.2
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County and agricultural-region markets

Alfalfa Hay markets in Liberty Countycounty
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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
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 · 49 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.