Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Hartley, Texas

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint7,261.6 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth95.4 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence86.6 / 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 difficulty33.3 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal17.7 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Hartley. The latest 2025 raster shows 7,262 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 99th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 67th 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, 13 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

Hartley 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

86.6 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 9,250 acres · 99th regional percentile · 70th national percentile2009: 13,182 acres · 99th regional percentile · 77th national percentile2010: 8,034 acres · 99th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2011: 12,089 acres · 99th regional percentile · 69th national percentile2012: 7,511 acres · 99th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2013: 4,699 acres · 98th regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2014: 7,631 acres · 99th regional percentile · 66th national percentile2015: 12,841 acres · 100th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2016: 15,630 acres · 100th regional percentile · 75th national percentile2017: 15,555 acres · 100th regional percentile · 75th national percentile2018: 20,246 acres · 100th regional percentile · 79th national percentile2019: 18,531 acres · 100th regional percentile · 77th national percentile2020: 14,884 acres · 100th regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2021: 9,192 acres · 100th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2022: 10,207 acres · 100th regional percentile · 69th national percentile2023: 9,711 acres · 100th regional percentile · 69th national percentile2024: 5,536 acres · 99th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2025: 7,262 acres · 99th regional percentile · 67th 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.

95.4production 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 precipitation17.7 in
How calculated

HARTLEY, 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:ac2edff3bbe05064359029ca76f4
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature55.8 °F
How calculated

HARTLEY, 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:d60a53b22af455d417587315f4f6
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance1.5 miles
How calculated

HARTLEY, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Hartley 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:0b1a4dba42216616cde7bee8c170
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

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:91ca8265e60c7efedfcd8bdafa61
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:a98e6bae7cc975b4360d88e432b0
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
99.3 percent

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:8d6e7f8582d5eb52ee572df353fc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D3 category

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:074d4fd18366ccf1f52b1811573f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
82.2 0-100

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:2766a286f24c5ce7f0aede087e57
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:849829b535bdf7d4b5c3971ac1ec
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeks

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:73050c05e082eb51c479b1990780
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
54.7 0-100

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:048fad319571342a8e124c39cbf4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:beea8650cadc61ac64e55201487d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
68 0-100

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:3d1acb369ad07b9d056c2761d609
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
52.8 percent

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:b940073e23ff2585799ffb01847b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
42.9 percent

Hartley · 2026

How calculated

Hartley · 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:1b7fa9fbf06a9a79d8c9449c586a
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

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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.

33.3sourcing 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.