Non-alfalfa hay
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Brome Hay
in Linden, Alberta
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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.
Sample count and comparability are required before publishing an aggregate.
Deterministic composite of production depth, supplier coverage, sourcing distance and price-discovery radius.
Local interpretation
What the local hay data shows
USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Linden, but it does not measure how much is specifically Brome hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 30,953 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 23rd percentile among 4,190 analyzed Alberta localities and the 43rd percentile nationally. Division No. 5, Alberta reports 58,234 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 Rimbey, Alberta, 79 miles away with 282,019 mapped acres. The current drought signal is D0 as of 2026-07-31, 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 pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED
The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 23rd percentile among analyzed Alberta localities.
Trace this statement
- aafc-aci-2025
This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Brome hay.
Trace this statement
- aafc-aci-2025
Satellite crop map
Local non-alfalfa hay footprint
Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.
5 mi
2,562 ac
10 mi
7,418 ac
25 mi
30,953 ac
50 mi
330,846 ac
100 mi
1,480,344 ac
150 mi
2,943,398 ac
250 mi
5,593,214 ac
Within 25 miles30,953mapped acres · 2.463% of radius · 2025
23th percentile among 4,190 analyzed Alberta localities · 43th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Linden · radius
Native ACI classified-pixel counts retained inside 32×32 aggregate blocks; block projected centers determine radial inclusion. Class 122 is pasture/forage family evidence, not exact species acreage.
- Source
- aafc-aci-2025
- Snapshot
aafc-annual-crop-inventory:77ad0013e60a6cb0- Source record
139182- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 139182 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:410e4787c8bccd388286850df15b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
79.3 / 100 persistence · HIGH
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.
51.4production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,932,760 acresDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:field_crops_hay_acres:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 2932760 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:efe9f4ab3304f299ac5c97960a4b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,079 farmsDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:field_crops_hay_farms:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 2079 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:c0c483581dd89995f48499af869d- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
58,234 acresDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 58234 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:12dc7d5c3fdc6dda63f27c6bfe8d- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
382 farmsDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 382 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:2935d6fcab4606312ea72bc44871- Official record
- Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,932,760 acresDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:field_crops_hay_acres:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 2932760 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:efe9f4ab3304f299ac5c97960a4b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,079 farmsDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:field_crops_hay_farms:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 2079 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:c0c483581dd89995f48499af869d- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
58,234 acresDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 58234 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:12dc7d5c3fdc6dda63f27c6bfe8d- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
382 farmsDivision No. 5, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 5, 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
4805:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 382 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:2935d6fcab4606312ea72bc44871- 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 Brome benchmark
No sufficiently comparable current observation is stored for this market. HayQuotes does not substitute an incompatible price.
Request current local quotes →Only compatible type, quality, package, sale-basis, unit, geography and time observations may be aggregated.
Official 1991–2020 normals
Local climate context
Annual precipitation445.4 mm
How calculated
Calgary (Airport) · 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:fb99bf3b24f5477873c744ac6b47- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature4.5 °C
How calculated
Calgary (Airport) · 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:1912738348bfa3cb250da2624bb5- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance40.4 miles
How calculated
Calgary (Airport) · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Linden 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:a39dc042be908d3135f836b6bf05- Official record
- Open source ↗
Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.
Environmental pressure
Drought & moisture context
Drought Current Category PointLATEST
D0 categoryLinden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:59caf01232ec4c031509108adc7a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
20 0-100Linden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:39d97a102a3e144bb7602dbcd804- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
WORSENING categoryLinden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:920ee2030db1bf034e792b30f182- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100Linden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:b1d1a04de3c5b7ecd0d4a4c7afa5- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100Linden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:0371613efb4b8f11bc4af4758b44- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100Linden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:6db6b1a283f4b7461d13aca4f44e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
38.5 percent of observationsLinden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:9397512a482ea02bc5ad1363003a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
7.7 percent of observationsLinden · 2026
How calculated
Linden · 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:fd06055aa5314616fa883676273e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.
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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—
Loads—Enter payload
$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials
Quote B
Delivered total$0.00
Delivered equivalent—
Loads—Enter 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.
57.1sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Brome Hay in Rimbey, Alberta79.1 mi282,019 ac962. Brome Hay in Ponoka County, Alberta81.2 mi275,722 ac94.33. Brome Hay in Parkland Beach, Alberta74.4 mi263,237 ac91.34. Brome Hay in Eckville, Alberta65.3 mi234,757 ac84.25. Brome Hay in Louis Bull 138B, Alberta90.2 mi210,084 ac76.46. Brome Hay in Stettler, Alberta60.1 mi202,894 ac767. Brome Hay in Sunbreaker Cove, Alberta63 mi203,113 ac75.98. Brome Hay in Bentley, Alberta65.2 mi198,652 ac74.69. Brome Hay in Stettler County No. 6, Alberta58.3 mi192,825 ac73.410. Brome Hay in Sundre, Alberta51.9 mi191,254 ac73.3Source hay
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Internal market pathways
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Methodology & sources
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2024
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2025
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaCanadian Drought Monitor monthly raster archive
Environment and Climate Change CanadaCanadian Climate Normals and Averages
Statistics CanadaTable 32-10-0309-01 — Field crops and hay, Census of Agriculture
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 Brome 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.