Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Sugar Land, Texas

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

Alfalfa

Production depth60.4 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence54.2 / 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 difficulty51.6 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal51.1 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Sugar Land. The latest 2025 raster shows 0 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 53rd percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 16th percentile nationally. Fort Bend County reports 21,612 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 Waller, Texas, 38 miles away with 4 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 sourcingLIMITED
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 53rd percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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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

54.2 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 2 acres · 46th regional percentile · 15th national percentile2009: 37 acres · 70th regional percentile · 24th national percentile2010: 13 acres · 52nd regional percentile · 22nd national percentile2011: 38 acres · 68th regional percentile · 25th national percentile2012: 188 acres · 78th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2013: 114 acres · 76th regional percentile · 30th national percentile2014: 108 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 28th national percentile2015: 8 acres · 58th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2016: 7 acres · 55th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2017: 0 acres · 37th regional percentile · 11th national percentile2018: 6 acres · 45th regional percentile · 16th national percentile2019: 4 acres · 35th regional percentile · 13th national percentile2020: 22 acres · 49th regional percentile · 18th national percentile2021: 4 acres · 31st regional percentile · 14th national percentile2022: 9 acres · 29th regional percentile · 15th national percentile2023: 0 acres · 13th regional percentile · 10th national percentile2024: 0 acres · 51st regional percentile · 12th national percentile2025: 0 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 16th 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.

60.4production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
21,612 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
21,612 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:12ba9b08996794b70e5cfe9c098b
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
33,343 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
33,343 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:062d49e88bc76c2be42f9235ba95
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
17 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4e2c2ea357da8c11ccbc730bb222
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
413 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
413 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f031647e626d922742f74846134
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
21,612 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
21,612 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:12ba9b08996794b70e5cfe9c098b
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
33,343 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
33,343 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:062d49e88bc76c2be42f9235ba95
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
17 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
17 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4e2c2ea357da8c11ccbc730bb222
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
413 head

Fort Bend County · 2022

How calculated

Fort Bend County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48157:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
413 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f031647e626d922742f74846134
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 precipitation51.1 in
How calculated

SUGAR LAND, 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:04c450201733acd7ee5b299fdd7c
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature70.6 °F
How calculated

SUGAR LAND, 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:69ebbdb033f4b0c9211353f43651
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance2.4 miles
How calculated

SUGAR LAND, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Sugar Land 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:bb5504d8324e4fc68d94270ce106
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
0.1 percent

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:89aea73cafd84f5fde337e83c380
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:81b5eafef2b15220efe234fc2557
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:f6b92be06d6a67c1f0b10dfbc370
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D0 category

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:7d8847061086a624cba19d1ca6ae
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
20 0-100

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:03da0738c4045b5ca9d289267afc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:2d711d9e95baaaad69ada4b03abb
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeks

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:0ecd49ab611268adaa59758dfa7f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0.2 0-100

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:9a990087f98f2fdbc05cb722a0a5
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
65.2 0-100

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:57bfb39fb4817ae3308a45f1a8de
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:8a0a5a648d4943ed8ef4de14ec9b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
53.9 percent

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:e95acb0e728d959bacd0bd27e126
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
33.6 percent

Sugar Land · 2026

How calculated

Sugar Land · 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:b45af72d706eb8680e80eff1c810
Official record
Open source ↗

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

HayQuotes marketplace

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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.

51.6sourcing 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.