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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Merkel, Texas

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint5.8 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth69.4 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence69.5 / 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 difficulty48.4 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal26.5 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Merkel. The latest 2025 raster shows 6 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 61st percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 20th percentile nationally. Taylor County reports 8,726 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 Big Spring, Texas, 88 miles away with 1,070 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 50.9% 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 61st 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 miles6mapped acres · 0% of radius · 2025

61th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 20th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Merkel · 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
26
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
26 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:a0adcaadeb568919a1c21382ff3e
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

69.5 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 134 acres · 81st regional percentile · 30th national percentile2009: 19 acres · 61st regional percentile · 21st national percentile2010: 139 acres · 76th regional percentile · 31st national percentile2011: 18 acres · 63rd regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2012: 40 acres · 64th regional percentile · 25th national percentile2013: 4 acres · 56th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2014: 28 acres · 63rd regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2015: 18 acres · 63rd regional percentile · 21st national percentile2016: 68 acres · 76th regional percentile · 26th national percentile2017: 16 acres · 65th regional percentile · 20th national percentile2018: 54 acres · 75th regional percentile · 25th national percentile2019: 33 acres · 60th regional percentile · 20th national percentile2020: 45 acres · 62nd regional percentile · 21st national percentile2021: 94 acres · 76th regional percentile · 27th national percentile2022: 77 acres · 75th regional percentile · 26th national percentile2023: 167 acres · 86th regional percentile · 31st national percentile2024: 25 acres · 71st regional percentile · 24th national percentile2025: 6 acres · 61st regional percentile · 20th 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.

69.4production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
8,726 head

Taylor County · 2022

How calculated

Taylor County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48441:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
8,726 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:9a3fa0b81980be1fe6a1fc16532a
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
13,457 head

Taylor County · 2022

How calculated

Taylor County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48441:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
13,457 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:9ff6a76bf4a3d25a24d718d00dc4
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Taylor County · 2022

How calculated

Taylor County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48441:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b3a4eaf86eac0f2bfe2687be0b41
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
8,726 head

Taylor County · 2022

How calculated

Taylor County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48441:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
8,726 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:9a3fa0b81980be1fe6a1fc16532a
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
13,457 head

Taylor County · 2022

How calculated

Taylor County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48441:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
13,457 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:9ff6a76bf4a3d25a24d718d00dc4
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
- head

Taylor County · 2022

How calculated

Taylor County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48441:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
- head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:b3a4eaf86eac0f2bfe2687be0b41
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 precipitation26.5 in
How calculated

MERKEL 12 SW, 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:4f7e76cbc2ce3fd7c81842b88dfe
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature63.3 °F
How calculated

MERKEL 12 SW, 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:fb6a66fcfc50f3d72f4f57f9cd8b
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance12.2 miles
How calculated

MERKEL 12 SW, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Merkel 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:5fe746d19d5ba69df68346208f7e
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
50.9 percent

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:fdef13115c52b14eed9924392a86
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:bb7a0af683e0f434fe3bbd599ebf
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:2cd3c8c991485115be1592edb723
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:3eb4952b4d64e544b298ed205a64
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
30.2 0-100

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:6cb875866c7dc389eec245552680
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:de7f50dff7270af42f62e747ebd1
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
8 weeks

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:75119f0e8218473d416ea8e550b8
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
9.3 0-100

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:40865f946ac771898c7b6d0bbd7f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:2d8fbc2de263fdc9731a6fce3a4d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
1.5 0-100

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:f954ddff2c0818054e4603078d53
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
20.3 percent

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:0286c6f85c536772438c5836908a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
0.1 percent

Merkel · 2026

How calculated

Merkel · 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:6cef0b2989d67c979f5c2c9a00b9
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.

48.4sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Big Spring, Texas87.5 mi1,070 ac95.62. Alfalfa Hay in Forsan, Texas83 mi831 ac79.13. Alfalfa Hay in Stamford, Texas46.5 mi752 ac75.44. Alfalfa Hay in Rule, Texas49.7 mi754 ac75.45. Alfalfa Hay in Haskell, Texas50.4 mi752 ac75.26. Alfalfa Hay in Rochester, Texas59 mi744 ac74.27. Alfalfa Hay in Weinert, Texas62.1 mi744 ac748. Alfalfa Hay in O'Brien, Texas63.7 mi742 ac73.99. Alfalfa Hay in Knox City, Texas66.5 mi740 ac73.610. Alfalfa Hay in Munday, Texas71.2 mi738 ac73.2
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Alfalfa Hay markets in Taylor 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 · 48 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.