Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Channing, Texas

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint3,485.4 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth94.7 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence86.1 / 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 difficulty33.9 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal18.8 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Channing. The latest 2025 raster shows 3,485 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 98th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 56th percentile nationally. Hartley County reports 14,253 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 Dalhart, Texas, 28 miles away with 9,774 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 100% 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 supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureHIGH
MarketplaceLIMITED

Channing ranks among the strongest persistent mapped alfalfa footprints in Texas.

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Production evidence is relatively strong, but HayQuotes currently has no observed active supplier coverage in this market.

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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

Footprint history

86.1 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 7,213 acres · 99th regional percentile · 66th national percentile2009: 10,362 acres · 99th regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2010: 6,099 acres · 99th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2011: 9,782 acres · 99th regional percentile · 66th national percentile2012: 5,976 acres · 99th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2013: 2,738 acres · 97th regional percentile · 56th national percentile2014: 4,409 acres · 98th regional percentile · 59th national percentile2015: 6,477 acres · 99th regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2016: 8,752 acres · 99th regional percentile · 65th national percentile2017: 9,897 acres · 100th regional percentile · 68th national percentile2018: 13,043 acres · 100th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2019: 12,618 acres · 100th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2020: 9,652 acres · 100th regional percentile · 66th national percentile2021: 6,445 acres · 99th regional percentile · 63rd national percentile2022: 6,936 acres · 99th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2023: 6,664 acres · 99th regional percentile · 65th national percentile2024: 3,128 acres · 97th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2025: 3,485 acres · 98th regional percentile · 56th 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.

94.7production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
14,253 head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14,253 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:cb55c67b9d0f82032f14715fd3e2
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
420,346 head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
420,346 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:59024e789fbe206ac7332d9ce927
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
92,475 head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
92,475 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:23b8d7978c5604fa9750cd6d3b9b
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
- head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b8ec6cf3740de2e62a5678165c0e
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
14,253 head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14,253 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:cb55c67b9d0f82032f14715fd3e2
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
420,346 head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
420,346 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:59024e789fbe206ac7332d9ce927
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
92,475 head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
92,475 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:23b8d7978c5604fa9750cd6d3b9b
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
- head

Hartley County · 2022

How calculated

Hartley County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48205:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b8ec6cf3740de2e62a5678165c0e
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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Only compatible type, quality, package, sale-basis, unit, geography and time observations may be aggregated.

Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation18.8 in
How calculated

BOYS RCH, 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:b0999c3278320ca372e4331b6b38
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature58.3 °F
How calculated

BOYS RCH, 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:6bf808a7a6693297e4865e80b58b
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance11.3 miles
How calculated

BOYS RCH, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Channing 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:2e9ff468baf2e14164d932b29d88
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

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:7fb69692f9786a85d266a44376ad
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:f28258f6371026204530ff30cec9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
99.3 percent

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:c2296ca85fd61dfce64a297b7873
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D3 category

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:737c3986221ab02b024e0fc43ed6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
82.2 0-100

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:2d98868099672f1388b9fddb7c78
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:dea7ed505dc8e491db2cc479a8c2
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeks

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:58697b6fc8407d2cbe62c3c916a8
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
54.7 0-100

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:d77a00a1288e36048714b8369762
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:a90783d189a8f50449f7acf74346
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
68 0-100

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:d43eb42b33a74285946e6a256224
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
52.8 percent

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:c766ac33ff2b38b5df339f24423e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
42.9 percent

Channing · 2026

How calculated

Channing · 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:9a686ce933e0c166914144710d0b
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

Delivered-cost, bale & truckload engine

No bale weight, payload, route mileage, or freight rate is assumed. Use the figures supplied with each quote.

Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes

Quote A

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

Quote B

Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent
LoadsEnter 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.

33.9sourcing difficulty
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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.