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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Ross, Texas

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint28 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth71.4 / 100HIGH

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 difficulty43.4 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal36.4 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Ross. The latest 2025 raster shows 28 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 69th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 23rd percentile nationally. McLennan County reports 34,371 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 West, Texas, 5.3 miles away with 28 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 86.1% 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 pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 69th percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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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
Within 25 miles28mapped acres · 0.002% of radius · 2025

69th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 23th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Ross · 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
126
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
126 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:0264030323faf1c4561a31bfbbfe
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

61.4 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 1 acres · 41st regional percentile · 14th national percentile2009: 8 acres · 47th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2010: 83 acres · 71st regional percentile · 28th national percentile2011: 0 acres · 26th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2012: 2 acres · 32nd regional percentile · 16th national percentile2013: 6 acres · 60th regional percentile · 20th national percentile2014: 10 acres · 57th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2015: 8 acres · 58th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2016: 2 acres · 44th regional percentile · 15th national percentile2017: 1 acres · 43rd regional percentile · 14th national percentile2018: 2 acres · 34th regional percentile · 14th national percentile2019: 2 acres · 26th regional percentile · 12th national percentile2020: 27 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 19th national percentile2021: 9 acres · 41st regional percentile · 16th national percentile2022: 39 acres · 58th regional percentile · 21st national percentile2023: 9 acres · 46th regional percentile · 16th national percentile2024: 0 acres · 56th regional percentile · 13th national percentile2025: 28 acres · 70th regional percentile · 23rd 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.

71.4production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
34,371 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
34,371 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:89892337a541132af4c92bb1a867
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
86,476 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
86,476 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8e9e8a57cf86bad2a9a52e34e845
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
3,606 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3,606 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:5c3f126c76bf0e73dafd24f9aaf6
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
5,406 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
5,406 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:74850ce7e822565bdedbbbe30a1f
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
34,371 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
34,371 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:89892337a541132af4c92bb1a867
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
86,476 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
86,476 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8e9e8a57cf86bad2a9a52e34e845
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
3,606 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
3,606 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:5c3f126c76bf0e73dafd24f9aaf6
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
5,406 head

McLennan County · 2022

How calculated

McLennan County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48309:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
5,406 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:74850ce7e822565bdedbbbe30a1f
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 precipitation36.4 in
How calculated

WACO RGNL AP, 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:e6cce957881c50008d57f61639a1
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature67.1 °F
How calculated

WACO RGNL AP, 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:938f0873585ca4729f1b015f7b1b
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance10.1 miles
How calculated

WACO RGNL AP, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Ross 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:b9e5a6f554dae9c511af09de6b05
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
86.1 percent

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:953598d82259ade2d3d601af6458
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:2c509ced9510ac5e92ab9772b921
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:3478352aca823903952f3c8b9ddb
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:8cdbd8623d675df37694f05ef274
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
37.2 0-100

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:274d58c147b398b01b31936b94ff
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:6966078f02d1631e7761d63e5200
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
15 weeks

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:8d7d0fcf729e0075158eb9847320
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
1 0-100

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:8713ae56bbe90beeafef1f6302e9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:4cfd5e50a7feaf0bce796c5e6c97
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
1.3 0-100

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:45dde2e003c9fef11b5ecbea741c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
27.7 percent

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:29d8296cb832d38012323b8dd914
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
5.6 percent

Ross · 2026

How calculated

Ross · 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:1cca6e61dbd043db54294aa02f81
Official record
Open source ↗

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

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Delivered equivalent—
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Delivered total$0.00
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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.

43.4sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in West, Texas5.3 mi28 ac99.72. Alfalfa Hay in Aquilla, Texas10.7 mi28 ac98.33. Alfalfa Hay in Leroy, Texas5.4 mi27 ac97.94. Alfalfa Hay in Gholson, Texas7.5 mi27 ac96.65. Alfalfa Hay in Abbott, Texas11.1 mi27 ac95.96. Alfalfa Hay in Penelope, Texas14 mi26 ac94.57. Alfalfa Hay in Laguna Park, Texas18.5 mi26 ac93.18. Alfalfa Hay in Bynum, Texas17.9 mi25 ac90.89. Alfalfa Hay in Malone, Texas18.3 mi24 ac8910. Alfalfa Hay in Hillsboro, Texas19.4 mi23 ac86.5
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Internal market pathways

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County and agricultural-region markets

Alfalfa Hay markets in McLennan 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.