Non-alfalfa hay
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Mixed Grass Hay
in Ponoka County, Alberta
Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Mixed Grass hay serving Ponoka County.
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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 Ponoka County, but it does not measure how much is specifically Mixed Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 275,722 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 88th percentile among 4,190 analyzed Alberta localities and the 99th percentile nationally. Division No. 8, Alberta reports 93,922 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 Breton, Alberta, 33 miles away with 405,914 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 non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 88th percentile among analyzed Alberta localities.
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This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Mixed Grass 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 non-alfalfa hay footprint
Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.
5 mi
15,636 ac
10 mi
55,071 ac
25 mi
275,722 ac
50 mi
907,551 ac
100 mi
2,522,810 ac
150 mi
4,336,674 ac
250 mi
5,886,209 ac
Within 25 miles275,722mapped acres · 21.941% of radius · 2025
88th percentile among 4,190 analyzed Alberta localities · 99th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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
1239787- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 1239787 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:52f933bc23c05b7625b6b0af4b28- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
94.3 / 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.
91.7production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
1,398,183 acresDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:field_crops_hay_acres:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 1398183 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:0545dac732aa2609c709eaae7268- Official record
- Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,666 farmsDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:field_crops_hay_farms:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 2666 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:d17f9b47727e9e3d0b0407fb99e9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
93,922 acresDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 93922 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:eb7d326f78aa8487e98bd095f31c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
781 farmsDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 781 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7abeb1b43a6ef5c7d0e220679077- Official record
- Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
1,398,183 acresDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:field_crops_hay_acres:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 1398183 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:0545dac732aa2609c709eaae7268- Official record
- Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,666 farmsDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:field_crops_hay_farms:2021- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 2666 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:d17f9b47727e9e3d0b0407fb99e9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
93,922 acresDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 93922 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:eb7d326f78aa8487e98bd095f31c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
781 farmsDivision No. 8, Alberta · 2021
How calculated
Division No. 8, 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
4808:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2021-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 781 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7abeb1b43a6ef5c7d0e220679077- 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 Mixed Grass 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 precipitation498.8 mm
How calculated
Breton · 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:b673bb73b6a816bb049221fa4c85- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature3.6 °C
How calculated
Breton · 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:8df4b11ffb06d9bf64d2fedecaf8- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance36.6 miles
How calculated
Breton · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Ponoka County 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:00b3c13cd467b641bfcd201c0292- Official record
- Open source ↗
Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.
Environmental pressure
Drought & moisture context
Drought Current Category PointLATEST
NONE categoryPonoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:d35460287477206dae0bf6b7c541- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100Ponoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:c09f0d4b40e9570ecfbd3a4cde39- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE categoryPonoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:4d2c7446a63095a236afbccd81e1- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100Ponoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:8209079466ce17380c1b8a244e64- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100Ponoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:630eb72e15f87effecd29291efa9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
60 0-100Ponoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:9adf13475cfc723028ba7ddedb68- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
61.5 percent of observationsPonoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:a35f921a3915e154229e9b13dce9- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
38.5 percent of observationsPonoka County · 2026
How calculated
Ponoka County · 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:787c2b181f1d555188728bf76e53- 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.
37sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Mixed Grass Hay in Breton, Alberta33 mi405,914 ac97.52. Mixed Grass Hay in South View, Alberta69.7 mi410,289 ac96.53. Mixed Grass Hay in Silver Sands, Alberta68.6 mi407,964 ac96.14. Mixed Grass Hay in West Cove, Alberta70.6 mi389,280 ac92.65. Mixed Grass Hay in Seba Beach, Alberta65.4 mi387,371 ac92.56. Mixed Grass Hay in Betula Beach, Alberta63.2 mi385,912 ac92.47. Mixed Grass Hay in Warburg, Alberta34.4 mi370,081 ac90.98. Mixed Grass Hay in Point Alison, Alberta60.8 mi370,112 ac89.69. Mixed Grass Hay in Parkland County, Alberta62.6 mi370,462 ac89.610. Mixed Grass Hay in Lakeview, Alberta60.9 mi359,879 ac87.7Source 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 Mixed Grass 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.