Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Barley Hay
in Pictou, Nova Scotia

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

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint354.1 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Barley crop context

Production depth76 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence53.1 / 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 difficulty45.6 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal1,133.8 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies barley crop context around Pictou, but it does not measure how much is specifically Barley hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 354 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 82nd percentile among 96 analyzed Nova Scotia localities and the 43rd percentile nationally. Pictou, Nova Scotia reports 8,521 acres of reported other hay fodder 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 Hampshire, Prince Edward Island, 50 miles away with 41,844 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 82nd percentile among analyzed Nova Scotia 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

53.1 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2011: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 70th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 42nd national percentile2013: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2014: 240 acres · 57th regional percentile · 37th national percentile2015: 241 acres · 75th regional percentile · 38th national percentile2016: 223 acres · 67th regional percentile · 35th national percentile2017: 52 acres · 61st regional percentile · 31st national percentile2018: 215 acres · 71st regional percentile · 35th national percentile2019: 223 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 35th national percentile2020: 0 acres · 94th regional percentile · 25th national percentile2021: 240 acres · 69th regional percentile · 38th national percentile2022: 378 acres · 71st regional percentile · 37th national percentile2023: 621 acres · 85th regional percentile · 44th national percentile2024: 529 acres · 86th regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2025: 354 acres · 82nd regional percentile · 43rd national percentile
20112025
Agricultural census

Production & livestock context

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

76production depth
Barley Crop AcresHISTORICAL
F acres

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:barley_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
F acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:085346937f9a86343482e46a9b78
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
11 farms

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:barley_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
11 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:78814aebf1b8853e4976c2c10393
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
13,968 acres

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
13968 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4bf6e915135ee8889e06e684537a
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
111 farms

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
111 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bc6b59b93fc07fa29660ddf67ea0
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
8,521 acres

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
8521 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:62d16103690ac5f0b2e4668b6ef5
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
99 farms

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
99 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:baa1f92f19cb1ae98d3473d26a46
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop AcresHISTORICAL
F acres

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:barley_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
F acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:085346937f9a86343482e46a9b78
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
11 farms

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:barley_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
11 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:78814aebf1b8853e4976c2c10393
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
13,968 acres

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
13968 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4bf6e915135ee8889e06e684537a
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
111 farms

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
111 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bc6b59b93fc07fa29660ddf67ea0
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
8,521 acres

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
8521 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:62d16103690ac5f0b2e4668b6ef5
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
99 farms

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Pictou, Nova Scotia · 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
1212:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
99 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:baa1f92f19cb1ae98d3473d26a46
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 precipitation1,133.8 mm
How calculated

Tatamagouche · 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:fe296e64cf397e14380eb9a08853
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature6.6 °C
How calculated

Tatamagouche · 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:06374cc39e78c9efa89ea8293d6e
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance25 miles
How calculated

Tatamagouche · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Pictou 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:ac303bfa2099353005a99598f9b3
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

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:bc8542121146b006fef86e9076d9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:99d2d0fc8c58a8d213559e109ce4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:954d200958c8b36cfb7e9618c909
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:e5bfd4d11d9d8f9ca4904f0d9399
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:79a28b9cdf104bf1ddb4b81b3f89
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:7449a8fad9bf117c14e378f3f0cc
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
61.5 percent of observations

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:9b9834bb879ff63246866413b8be
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
30.8 percent of observations

Pictou · 2026

How calculated

Pictou · 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:10988d93929bb2c654404bed61a2
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.

45.6sourcing difficulty
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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 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 · 40 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.