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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Balch Springs, Texas

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

Alfalfa

Production depth62.6 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence61.4 / 100MODERATE
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 difficulty49.3 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal40.9 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Balch Springs. 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. Dallas County reports 3,912 head of beef 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 McKinney, Texas, 34 miles away with 270 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 90.3% 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 pressureMODERATE
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

Balch Springs · 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:00a07af13944fb1d550c2aa238eb
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

61.4 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 46 acres · 71st regional percentile · 24th national percentile2009: 62 acres · 78th regional percentile · 26th national percentile2010: 6 acres · 43rd regional percentile · 19th national percentile2011: 1 acres · 44th regional percentile · 15th national percentile2012: 16 acres · 51st regional percentile · 21st national percentile2013: 5 acres · 57th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2014: 119 acres · 75th regional percentile · 29th national percentile2015: 377 acres · 87th regional percentile · 36th national percentile2016: 22 acres · 66th regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2017: 9 acres · 60th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2018: 12 acres · 56th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2019: 35 acres · 61st regional percentile · 21st national percentile2020: 38 acres · 60th regional percentile · 21st national percentile2021: 21 acres · 56th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2022: 23 acres · 48th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2023: 24 acres · 61st regional percentile · 20th national percentile2024: 0 acres · 54th regional percentile · 13th 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.

62.6production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
3,912 head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3,912 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:12c4d1a2f50e6c72869f28a593e5
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
14,533 head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14,533 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:87b788a092b583fd6e82e5820c7f
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f644f99ef9e05a83c580816ee42
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,067 head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1,067 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7d6b880ca1974c3a890a0586e1ac
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
3,912 head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3,912 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:12c4d1a2f50e6c72869f28a593e5
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
14,533 head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14,533 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:87b788a092b583fd6e82e5820c7f
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f644f99ef9e05a83c580816ee42
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
1,067 head

Dallas County · 2022

How calculated

Dallas County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48113:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1,067 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7d6b880ca1974c3a890a0586e1ac
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 precipitation40.9 in
How calculated

FERRIS, 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:95eb8b27879d29f4b9f5ed31966a
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature66 °F
How calculated

FERRIS, 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:94589797521372315331e9219bbf
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance12.7 miles
How calculated

FERRIS, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Balch Springs 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:9b0a39904a3b5b9495c73d456ae0
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:4e4e7f185b51e2351f24eb47b92f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
90.3 percent

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:ab72a3f6a7d81d52c559a373e538
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:ab9e0708640d6ecb582193f6ba97
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D2 category

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:cd883bd785883d5902dbb0e3cc31
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
58.1 0-100

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:e5d7050d1cd11d39623978b2b459
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:6b9bd3a83e5f5ace82fdb0454649
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
3 weeks

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:07ed816787b481f21fde148fe88a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:408b6402cc17431bd6d65135c313
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
28 0-100

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:ed1f8d08395de6d895362947c88f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
12.3 0-100

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:784b306904292dbc7cc0d4705d94
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
11.1 percent

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:f491a94343b38f1082aa097d95eb
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
2.8 percent

Balch Springs · 2026

How calculated

Balch Springs · 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:f5a5249edc7dd1fdc1e94b956414
Official record
Open source ↗

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

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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.

49.3sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in McKinney, Texas33.8 mi270 ac98.32. Alfalfa Hay in Hackberry, Texas34.8 mi248 ac92.13. Alfalfa Hay in Frisco, Texas32.7 mi244 ac91.14. Alfalfa Hay in Lewisville, Texas31.1 mi212 ac82.35. Alfalfa Hay in The Colony, Texas30.8 mi211 ac826. Alfalfa Hay in Coppell, Texas27.7 mi203 ac807. Alfalfa Hay in Hebron, Texas27.8 mi201 ac79.58. Alfalfa Hay in Carrollton, Texas25.1 mi198 ac78.79. Alfalfa Hay in Plano, Texas24.5 mi170 ac70.810. Alfalfa Hay in Southlake, Texas35 mi156 ac66.6
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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.