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Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Alfalfa Hay
in Cave Spring, Virginia

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Evidence strength50/ 100 · EXACT
Local mapped footprint922 acres within 25 miEXACT

Alfalfa

Production depth60.5 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence76.9 / 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 difficulty50.1 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal42.8 in1991–2020 NORMAL
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Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA crop mapping directly identifies alfalfa around Cave Spring. The latest 2025 raster shows 922 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 68th percentile among 700 analyzed Virginia localities and the 41st percentile nationally. 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 Allisonia, Virginia, 44 miles away with 2,813 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 supplyMODERATE
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureMODERATE
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped alfalfa footprint ranks at the 68th percentile among analyzed Virginia 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
Within 25 miles922mapped acres · 0.073% of radius · 2025

68th percentile among 700 analyzed Virginia localities · 41th percentile nationally.

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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
4146
Evidence
EXACT
Period
2025-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
4146 classified pixels
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:070e15fe42c5091cfbd8aef2f556
Official record
Open source ↗

Footprint history

76.9 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2008: 1,222 acres · 75th regional percentile · 45th national percentile2009: 876 acres · 84th regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2010: 4,634 acres · 94th regional percentile · 60th national percentile2011: 1,394 acres · 85th regional percentile · 45th national percentile2012: 1,841 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 52nd national percentile2013: 1,650 acres · 89th regional percentile · 51st national percentile2014: 2,599 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 53rd national percentile2015: 3,089 acres · 90th regional percentile · 54th national percentile2016: 2,081 acres · 86th regional percentile · 49th national percentile2017: 1,975 acres · 87th regional percentile · 49th national percentile2018: 2,091 acres · 86th regional percentile · 49th national percentile2019: 1,601 acres · 80th regional percentile · 45th national percentile2020: 943 acres · 70th regional percentile · 41st national percentile2021: 518 acres · 68th regional percentile · 39th national percentile2022: 666 acres · 71st regional percentile · 41st national percentile2023: 594 acres · 71st regional percentile · 40th national percentile2024: 75 acres · 34th regional percentile · 30th national percentile2025: 922 acres · 68th regional percentile · 41st national percentile
20082025
Comparable market observations

Price intelligence

No defensible Alfalfa benchmark

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Official 1991–2020 normals

Local climate context

Annual precipitation42.8 in
How calculated

ROANOKE RGNL AP, VA 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:5ec3ce5a24f5779ce172042fa363
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature58.1 °F
How calculated

ROANOKE RGNL AP, VA 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:700406640e1d8072e57e46173881
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance6.5 miles
How calculated

ROANOKE RGNL AP, VA US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Cave Spring 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:0b5ff08bc322555fb7074d928046
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

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:95871e9466ca1a0b985536820820
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:c03cbe1f8a38b77cd17ef68aaddc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:e75b0b16935a7f5680cf0fecb033
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:16f5c03333626b60e3bd1e725163
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
40 0-100

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:8bdc4fa236b23d1e9aa5aed2c614
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:db0e3762ab8d264f87a67793de09
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
43 weeks

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:024c5ab9796b65b1fc865215edab
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
60 0-100

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:d0bc46b9cbce43e6381e1ade5687
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:98468feec16ae73cac1567a7a0a8
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:ba7453013330f6b8fccebac8fbf9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
88.1 percent

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:0eea34894bc2499c0b3aad110c3c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
33 percent

Cave Spring · 2026

How calculated

Cave Spring · 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:b868910d62a5537d
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:7ba2a2ce733e36d8acc93f70c8a5
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.

50.1sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Alfalfa Hay in Allisonia, Virginia44.1 mi2,813 ac97.82. Alfalfa Hay in Draper, Virginia42.9 mi2,801 ac97.53. Alfalfa Hay in Pulaski, Virginia43.3 mi2,782 ac974. Alfalfa Hay in Hiwassee, Virginia41.8 mi2,751 ac96.35. Alfalfa Hay in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia42.7 mi2,750 ac96.26. Alfalfa Hay in Callaghan, Virginia40.5 mi2,680 ac94.47. Alfalfa Hay in Dublin, Virginia38.5 mi2,625 ac93.18. Alfalfa Hay in Snowville, Virginia34.6 mi2,589 ac92.39. Alfalfa Hay in Blacksburg, Virginia23.1 mi2,444 ac8910. Alfalfa Hay in New River, Virginia32.9 mi2,445 ac88.5
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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 ↗
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.

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Generator: max-v1.0 · 45 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.