Alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay
in Ponder, Texas
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Evidence strength45/ 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 alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context around Ponder, but it does not measure how much is specifically Grass / Alfalfa Mix hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 6,450 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 73rd percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities and the 34th percentile nationally. Denton County reports 17,659 head of beef cattle in 2022, 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 Gainesville, Texas, 33 miles away with 9,183 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 87.4% 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 supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureMODERATE
MarketplaceLIMITED
The 25-mile mapped alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context footprint ranks at the 73rd percentile among analyzed Texas localities.
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This raster evidence is broader alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Grass / Alfalfa Mix 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 alfalfa and non-alfalfa hay context footprint
Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.
5 mi
240 ac
10 mi
627 ac
25 mi
6,450 ac
50 mi
18,039 ac
100 mi
82,391 ac
150 mi
212,437 ac
250 mi
490,598 ac
Within 25 miles6,450mapped acres · 0.513% of radius · 2025
73th percentile among 1,863 analyzed Texas localities · 34th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Ponder · 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
1020- Evidence
- EXACT
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 1020 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:72bfb592c759ea049f1628862b8c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
77.1 / 100 persistence · HIGH
20082025
Agricultural census
Production & livestock context
The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.
78.3production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
17,659 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 17,659 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:df96a73587547e694c39e8f3f8d1- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
28,204 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 28,204 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:e042e84e372b220baa9ac8258225- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
30 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 30 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:67c72530848477062ceda4bc0df1- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
3,195 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 3,195 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:1cbb028572e8ebf90fed76320d73- Official record
- Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
17,659 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 17,659 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:df96a73587547e694c39e8f3f8d1- Official record
- Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
28,204 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 28,204 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:e042e84e372b220baa9ac8258225- Official record
- Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
30 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 30 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:67c72530848477062ceda4bc0df1- Official record
- Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
3,195 headDenton County · 2022
How calculated
Denton County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
48121:sheep:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 3,195 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:1cbb028572e8ebf90fed76320d73- 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 Grass / Alfalfa Mix benchmark
No sufficiently comparable current observation is stored for this market. HayQuotes does not substitute an incompatible price.
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Official 1991–2020 normals
Local climate context
Annual precipitation35.6 in
How calculated
DENTON MUNI AP, TX 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:14a9877beb85609c349a3a0ed788- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature64.5 °F
How calculated
DENTON MUNI AP, TX 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:b5bef7fa95e710d60d2cc106cc24- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance6.1 miles
How calculated
DENTON MUNI AP, TX US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Ponder 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:308532ba673c059e3db5879bde4b- 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 percentPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:f57c514ff8ae22ae94fc78d49db9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
87.4 percentPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:45d4892317bca49d923bec84f293- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percentPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:21d6b9f8af1caa520fa0eb489ecf- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D2 categoryPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:9e7dfe6a3a138357e68110c4c881- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
57.5 0-100Ponder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:189f5d315d025bb461019bf40b60- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING categoryPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:18a88ce0a3c2f3af8b289f90b605- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
3 weeksPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:d0ef40e3e5b937e9c787be7ccc12- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100Ponder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:77780106d42e17d56549c3c46e76- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
20 0-100Ponder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:69d37076bec5ea45fb82a637bb8f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
10.8 0-100Ponder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:b9fc397e036b0f954216ce83a6dd- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
6.9 percentPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:f72a734852c63e30e0964cd3fad6- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
3.2 percentPonder · 2026
How calculated
Ponder · 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:d544fc5453dd5837- 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:1a9b9b838343ee8114aab612d98d- 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
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Delivered total$0.00
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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.
40.5sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Gainesville, Texas33.4 mi9,183 ac98.32. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Lindsay, Texas32.8 mi9,025 ac97.13. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Muenster, Texas33.6 mi8,737 ac94.74. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Myra, Texas31.3 mi8,566 ac93.45. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Lake Kiowa, Texas32.1 mi7,581 ac85.36. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Valley View, Texas22.6 mi7,269 ac83.27. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Road Runner, Texas24.8 mi6,970 ac80.78. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Krum, Texas7.7 mi6,431 ac77.19. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Decatur, Texas17.2 mi6,255 ac75.210. Grass / Alfalfa Mix Hay in Alvord, Texas26.4 mi6,283 ac75Source hay
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Internal market pathways
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Geographic hubs organize the evidence below this locality. Other hay types appear when the same market has enough exact or contextual support to be useful.
County and agricultural-region markets
Other strongly supported hay types in Ponder
Audit trail
Methodology & sources
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationU.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals, multivariate by station
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
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2009 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2010 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2011 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2012 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2013 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2014 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2015 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2016 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2017 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2018 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2019 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2020 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2021 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2023 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2024 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2025 Cropland Data Layer — national resampled 30-meter
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Chapter 2 County Level
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 Grass / Alfalfa Mix 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 · 74 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.