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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Shiro, Texas

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Evidence strength65/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint0.4 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth63.7 / 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 difficulty48.8 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal43.6 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Shiro. The latest 2025 raster shows 0 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 55th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 17th percentile nationally. Grimes County reports 104,709 head of 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 Clay, Texas, 31 miles away with 210 mapped acres. The current drought signal is D0 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 55th 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

55th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 17th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Shiro · 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
2
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:46915aab27df0fbfb6a2d086f94f
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

61.4 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 0 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 10th national percentile2009: 6 acres · 42nd regional percentile · 16th national percentile2010: 2 acres · 32nd regional percentile · 17th national percentile2011: 0 acres · 34th regional percentile · 13th national percentile2012: 73 acres · 69th regional percentile · 28th national percentile2013: 0 acres · 45th regional percentile · 14th national percentile2014: 33 acres · 64th regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2015: 0 acres · 40th regional percentile · 13th national percentile2016: 2 acres · 44th regional percentile · 15th national percentile2017: 1 acres · 45th regional percentile · 14th national percentile2018: 5 acres · 44th regional percentile · 16th national percentile2019: 0 acres · 14th regional percentile · 9th national percentile2020: 102 acres · 74th regional percentile · 25th national percentile2021: 1 acres · 15th regional percentile · 10th national percentile2022: 63 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 25th national percentile2023: 11 acres · 49th regional percentile · 17th national percentile2024: 14 acres · 67th regional percentile · 21st national percentile2025: 0 acres · 56th regional percentile · 17th 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.

63.7production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:82dddb91ae5515e4487ee46b566f
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
104,709 head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
104,709 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:825a4af08c615048fa91b19162a8
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:1d08c5ce3970e2db7ccc4df17e38
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
483 head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
483 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:86a5a067333e4aaf847689c830ef
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:82dddb91ae5515e4487ee46b566f
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
104,709 head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
104,709 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:825a4af08c615048fa91b19162a8
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:1d08c5ce3970e2db7ccc4df17e38
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
483 head

Grimes County · 2022

How calculated

Grimes County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48185:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
483 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:86a5a067333e4aaf847689c830ef
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 precipitation43.7 in
How calculated

HUNTSVILLE MUNI 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:1c5027ab316c3cbd554791cb6188
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature68.7 °F
How calculated

HUNTSVILLE MUNI 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:9b46b8d64f33dfdc7dbb73d41279
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance20.4 miles
How calculated

HUNTSVILLE MUNI AP, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Shiro 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:ad5e03edbdeb4259438e5d76b85e
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
12.8 percent

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:05bda3121844e9c5142d743025e6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:09d1f5b03399072136e65f9a9bd6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:d580a35a910c9aa7e029f70a324e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D0 category

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:d307fd96e95deef66905ff64c973
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
22.6 0-100

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:5f3beb027f00038a4aad4179c26a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:ec66737b6947d7f3f67355066f85
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
19 weeks

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:f6354002a6b850b19fe39857b078
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
1.4 0-100

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:2ec286b955b4295515a4ef54e925
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
60.5 0-100

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:4e91b815ed7ec5626d0c0b318692
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:00c1d6fe93c3f6d84f5fd343e876
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
41.9 percent

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:c17785e3a415efc9736f45cab831
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
21.4 percent

Shiro · 2026

How calculated

Shiro · 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:72185215e9a1d5ae92c035ab84b2
Official record
Open source ↗

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

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Order weight0.00 short tons0 lb · 0.00 metric tonnes

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Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter payload

$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials

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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.

48.8sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Clay, Texas31 mi210 ac98.42. Alfalfa Hay in Snook, Texas35.7 mi208 ac97.83. Alfalfa Hay in College Station, Texas24.3 mi206 ac97.64. Alfalfa Hay in Lyons, Texas41.1 mi209 ac97.65. Alfalfa Hay in Somerville, Texas42.3 mi209 ac97.66. Alfalfa Hay in Beaver Creek, Texas41.4 mi207 ac97.17. Alfalfa Hay in Bryan, Texas29.6 mi205 ac96.98. Alfalfa Hay in Burton, Texas51.5 mi208 ac96.89. Alfalfa Hay in Wixon Valley, Texas27.9 mi204 ac96.710. Alfalfa Hay in Tunis, Texas38.3 mi205 ac96.6
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County and agricultural-region markets

Alfalfa Hay markets in Grimes 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.