Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Barley Hay
in Howick, Ontario

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

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint1,195.6 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Barley crop context

Production depth82.7 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence60.5 / 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 difficulty39.8 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal1,034.5 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies barley crop context around Howick, but it does not measure how much is specifically Barley hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 1,196 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 90th percentile among 542 analyzed Ontario localities and the 55th percentile nationally. Huron, Ontario reports 1,322 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 Melancthon, Ontario, 43 miles away with 3,322 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 90th percentile among analyzed Ontario 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

60.5 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2011: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 70th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 96th regional percentile · 42nd national percentile2013: 3,539 acres · 91st regional percentile · 57th national percentile2014: 7,965 acres · 96th regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2015: 19,580 acres · 99th regional percentile · 84th national percentile2016: 10,629 acres · 97th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2017: 2,477 acres · 91st regional percentile · 56th national percentile2018: 14,468 acres · 97th regional percentile · 75th national percentile2019: 8,278 acres · 95th regional percentile · 69th national percentile2020: 7,948 acres · 91st regional percentile · 66th national percentile2021: 7,110 acres · 96th regional percentile · 66th national percentile2022: 14,910 acres · 97th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2023: 1,473 acres · 85th regional percentile · 51st national percentile2024: 1,016 acres · 85th regional percentile · 48th national percentile2025: 1,196 acres · 90th regional percentile · 55th 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.

82.7production depth
Barley Crop AcresHISTORICAL
1,322 acres

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:barley_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1322 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d2edd6910c57d68122ee4f70e9cb
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
54 farms

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:barley_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
54 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:5f8d51c507ee9d9fc22b9b9b27d2
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
569,657 acres

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
569657 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c745043c1f931b49f8623e4d7d3f
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,205 farms

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2205 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:e0df1aac81bfee61a83d20f9f0c6
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
9,101 acres

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
9101 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:321faffbbd9b67584fa23d4a4a98
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
274 farms

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
274 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:970c0dc91fe0da863bcd3f5c21a7
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop AcresHISTORICAL
1,322 acres

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:barley_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1322 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d2edd6910c57d68122ee4f70e9cb
Official record
Open source ↗
Barley Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
54 farms

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:barley_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
54 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:5f8d51c507ee9d9fc22b9b9b27d2
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
569,657 acres

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
569657 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c745043c1f931b49f8623e4d7d3f
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,205 farms

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2205 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:e0df1aac81bfee61a83d20f9f0c6
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
9,101 acres

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
9101 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:321faffbbd9b67584fa23d4a4a98
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
274 farms

Huron, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Huron, Ontario · 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
3540:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
274 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:970c0dc91fe0da863bcd3f5c21a7
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 precipitation1,034.5 mm
How calculated

Mount Forest · 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:49ea327de46937ba66907e262c62
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature6.5 °C
How calculated

Mount Forest · 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:7264e66f6654c9819caa80bce353
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance16.8 miles
How calculated

Mount Forest · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Howick 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:1f624f761b0cb51728c6911242dd
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

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:current_category_point:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:1b703704c887164a0fa22958501f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:current_pressure_score:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:788c60168be50d53ec431bb44383
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:one_month_trend:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:250637bc2ae598acb1ba370d1214
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:pressure_score_1_month_ago:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:ce8c971a7c4bf3aacb412aa419e0
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:pressure_score_3_months_ago:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:f283c6ca8fb50ae3c7d3dee6306a
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:pressure_score_6_months_ago:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:849f344ddcf21c26d1edb58caccb
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
23.1 percent of observations

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d1_plus:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:ab29faeeb2a1d1e68b62b3ee6066
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent of observations

Howick · 2026

How calculated

Howick · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d2_plus:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:6142c764c8ddcbbb665013a5a075
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

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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.

39.8sourcing 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 2026-06-30.