Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Barley Hay
in Taber, Alberta

Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Barley hay serving Taber.

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint172,068.2 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Barley crop context

Production depth90 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence90.5 / 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 difficulty36.6 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal372.5 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies barley crop context around Taber, but it does not measure how much is specifically Barley hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 172,068 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 87th percentile among 419 analyzed Alberta localities and the 99th percentile nationally. Division No. 2, Alberta reports 414,551 acres of reported barley crop acreage in 2021, 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 Coalhurst, Alberta, 35 miles away with 236,945 mapped acres. HayQuotes has not yet stored enough recent marketplace observations here to publish supplier liquidity, so quote requests are the check for bale format, freight, timing, and availability.

Buyer decision panel

What the evidence says now

Price dataLIMITED
Local supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped barley crop context footprint ranks at the 87th percentile among analyzed Alberta localities.

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This raster evidence is broader barley crop context; it does not identify how much is specifically Barley Hay.

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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 barley crop context footprint

Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.

FAMILY

Footprint history

90.5 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2009: 134,612 acres · 84th regional percentile · 95th national percentile2010: 196,232 acres · 88th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2011: 80,485 acres · 67th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2012: 113,608 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 97th national percentile2013: 134,069 acres · 77th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2014: 110,498 acres · 74th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2015: 82,128 acres · 75th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2016: 87,047 acres · 67th regional percentile · 95th national percentile2017: 72,129 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 96th national percentile2018: 96,789 acres · 76th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2019: 139,320 acres · 79th regional percentile · 94th national percentile2020: 120,843 acres · 75th regional percentile · 95th national percentile2021: 121,171 acres · 75th regional percentile · 96th national percentile2022: 168,137 acres · 81st regional percentile · 98th national percentile2023: 139,624 acres · 73rd regional percentile · 97th national percentile2024: 128,281 acres · 75th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2025: 172,068 acres · 87th regional percentile · 99th national percentile
20092025
Agricultural census

Production & livestock context

The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.

90production depth
Barley Crop AcresHISTORICAL
414,551 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:barley_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
414551 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7a203eed1233b658ded982ad9de3
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
752 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:barley_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
752 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f3e5f597a110918a3213761bef2
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,489,001 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2489001 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bb58f235a965b465b041f688bc16
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,312 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2312 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:6be999297434957d9c2ae2794fb3
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
71,208 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
71208 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ee3a74a1d0e724a4e95e1d8c629a
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
470 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
470 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:11c0d92a1e134488e7399f63da03
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop AcresHISTORICAL
414,551 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:barley_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
414551 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7a203eed1233b658ded982ad9de3
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
752 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:barley_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
752 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:2f3e5f597a110918a3213761bef2
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,489,001 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2489001 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bb58f235a965b465b041f688bc16
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,312 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2312 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:6be999297434957d9c2ae2794fb3
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
71,208 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
71208 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ee3a74a1d0e724a4e95e1d8c629a
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
470 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, Alberta · census division

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021
Snapshot
statcan-field-crops-hay-2021:4347084c6262bc27
Source record
4802:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
470 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:11c0d92a1e134488e7399f63da03
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 Barley Hay 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 precipitation372.5 mm
How calculated

Lethbridge · nearest station

Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.

Source
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020
Snapshot
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020:fd6872767931cdb4
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
mm
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:28734f4732e9dace5bcb1281c274
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature5.9 °C
How calculated

Lethbridge · nearest station

Nearest official station with complete temperature and precipitation normals.

Source
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020
Snapshot
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020:fd6872767931cdb4
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
°C
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bdd5ab8ba2414b6d5cb31a8de905
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance31 miles
How calculated

Lethbridge · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Taber reference point to the official station.

Source
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020
Snapshot
eccc-climate-normals-1991-2020:fd6872767931cdb4
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2020-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
miles
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8332fb105b9cbece3058d7b408b9
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Category PointLATEST
NONE category

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:current_category_point:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:50f336ab39ce98a24b42151e9a65
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:current_pressure_score:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:a816a2ef13ef6d9605fb5fd71740
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:one_month_trend:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:0cd297bd4c361d229aa1e0f71017
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:pressure_score_1_month_ago:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:6f16449b1cf9d202d4a934991dd6
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:pressure_score_3_months_ago:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:14e1e161cca1bc8d85ff54889db0
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:pressure_score_6_months_ago:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:559f5bc467ccfffcb826f05b6e7b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
46.2 percent of observations

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d1_plus:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:b8ef4cb9d146cddc3cc5c2a4cdb8
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent of observations

Taber · 2026

How calculated

Taber · csd representative point

Official 5-km Canadian Drought Monitor class sampled at the Statistics Canada CSD representative point. This is point context, not an area-share estimate or a production forecast.

Source
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history
Snapshot
aafc-canadian-drought-monitor-history:04365a35409c9ee4
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d2_plus:2026-07-31
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-07-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:073c10b11a278e155da5463f4c35
Official record
Open source ↗

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

HayQuotes marketplace

Visible supply & verified demand

Coverage is still developing

No recent HayQuotes marketplace observations are available yet for this local market.

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

Comparable delivered resultComplete both quotes to compare delivered totals.
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.

36.6sourcing difficulty
Source hay

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Internal market pathways

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Audit trail

Methodology & sources

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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2009
2009crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2010
2010crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2011
2011crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2012
2012crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2013
2013crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2014
2014crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2015
2015crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2016
2016crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2017
2017crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2018
2018crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2019
2019crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2020
2020crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2021
2021crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2022
2022crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2023
2023crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2024
2024crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2025
2025crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanadian Drought Monitor monthly raster archive
2002-current5-kilometre raster sampled at census subdivision representative pointsOfficial source ↗
Environment and Climate Change CanadaCanadian Climate Normals and Averages
1991-2020composite stationOfficial source ↗
Statistics CanadaTable 32-10-0309-01 — Field crops and hay, Census of Agriculture
2021published agricultural geographyOfficial 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.

Public agricultural records show relevant hay and forage activity in this area. Local Barley Hay availability should be confirmed with suppliers. Prices vary by quality, bale format, season, and delivery, so request current supplier quotes for the most relevant pricing.

Generator: max-v1.0 · 42 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.