Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Native / Prairie Grass Hay
in Victoria, Prince Edward Island

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint117,805.2 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth76.8 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence95.9 / 100HIGH
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 difficulty41.4 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal1,290.1 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Victoria, but it does not measure how much is specifically Native / Prairie Grass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 117,805 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 60th percentile among 960 analyzed Prince Edward Island localities and the 80th percentile nationally. Prince, Prince Edward Island reports 27,735 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 Miltonvale Park, Prince Edward Island, 16 miles away with 141,615 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 60th percentile among analyzed Prince Edward Island localities.

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This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Native / Prairie 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.

FAMILY

Footprint history

95.9 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2011: 135,773 acres · 62nd regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2012: 140,670 acres · 60th regional percentile · 70th national percentile2013: 153,311 acres · 60th regional percentile · 74th national percentile2014: 139,366 acres · 66th regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2015: 121,735 acres · 67th regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2016: 127,745 acres · 64th regional percentile · 77th national percentile2017: 119,493 acres · 64th regional percentile · 76th national percentile2018: 99,669 acres · 65th regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2019: 126,689 acres · 59th regional percentile · 74th national percentile2020: 124,564 acres · 57th regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2021: 128,647 acres · 59th regional percentile · 75th national percentile2022: 108,355 acres · 58th regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2023: 111,542 acres · 60th regional percentile · 75th national percentile2024: 102,037 acres · 59th regional percentile · 73rd national percentile2025: 117,805 acres · 61st regional percentile · 80th 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.

76.8production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
162,942 acres

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
162942 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ecc9fe1e25e90a7b943da7562c31
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
317 farms

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
317 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4119f7ff469884eca301bb8da829
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
27,735 acres

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
27735 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:522e6d05036b7213800b18420666
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
178 farms

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
178 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:fed323adc2633e7e75dd296cd6d6
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
162,942 acres

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
162942 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ecc9fe1e25e90a7b943da7562c31
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
317 farms

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
317 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4119f7ff469884eca301bb8da829
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
27,735 acres

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
27735 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:522e6d05036b7213800b18420666
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
178 farms

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 2021

How calculated

Prince, Prince Edward Island · 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
1103:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
178 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:fed323adc2633e7e75dd296cd6d6
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 Native / Prairie Grass 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 precipitation1,290.1 mm
How calculated

Elmwood · 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:5463bc69660204c6aee184396cdd
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature6.3 °C
How calculated

Elmwood · 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:3cd80f9cb6fa1245b4dbdecf4f22
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance9.4 miles
How calculated

Elmwood · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Victoria 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:b0e4b4a17b747ffc811c4d7864fb
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

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:c72f350959953e3bff5b989335d2
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:cd85cf8ccea2b687946240511572
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:c4d60ab3957f263dd949105f3c75
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:92033aa697898982bade64afa3c4
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:6fac7727ef68841af660849fc44f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:3bcbf543f82fb1669293a825a8d3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
15.4 percent of observations

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:fa4bc65ff816b4ffa2d979e802a9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent of observations

Victoria · 2026

How calculated

Victoria · 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:0bd55af08baeee4b7d9c404de67d
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.

41.4sourcing 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
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2012
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2013
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2014
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2015
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2016
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2017
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2018
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2019
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2020
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2021
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2022
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2023
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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 Native / Prairie 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 · 38 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.