Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Oat Hay
in Milk River, Alberta

Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Oat hay serving Milk River.

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint35.8 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Oats crop context

Production depth38.1 / 100LOW

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence45.9 / 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 difficulty72.7 / 100HIGH

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

Annual precipitation normal324.5 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies oats crop context around Milk River, but it does not measure how much is specifically Oat hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 36 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 17th percentile among 419 analyzed Alberta localities and the 28th percentile nationally. Division No. 2, Alberta reports 20,083 acres of reported oats 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 Frontier, Saskatchewan, 159 miles away with 3,528 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 supplyLIMITED
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped oats crop context footprint ranks at the 17th percentile among analyzed Alberta localities.

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This raster evidence is broader oats crop context; it does not identify how much is specifically Oat Hay.

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Satellite crop map

Local oats crop context footprint

Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.

FAMILY

Footprint history

45.9 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2009: 0 acres · 15th regional percentile · 14th national percentile2010: 0 acres · 14th regional percentile · 13th national percentile2011: 33 acres · 21st regional percentile · 75th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 15th regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2013: 99 acres · 16th regional percentile · 39th national percentile2014: 33 acres · 16th regional percentile · 31st national percentile2015: 287 acres · 28th regional percentile · 38th national percentile2016: 0 acres · 10th regional percentile · 26th national percentile2017: 0 acres · 13th regional percentile · 24th national percentile2018: 0 acres · 11th regional percentile · 23rd national percentile2019: 601 acres · 21st regional percentile · 42nd national percentile2020: 614 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2021: 1,262 acres · 36th regional percentile · 50th national percentile2022: 420 acres · 13th regional percentile · 38th national percentile2023: 472 acres · 21st regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2024: 546 acres · 19th regional percentile · 45th national percentile2025: 36 acres · 18th regional percentile · 28th national percentile
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.

38.1production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,489,001 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2489001 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bb58f235a965b465b041f688bc16
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,312 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2312 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:6be999297434957d9c2ae2794fb3
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop AcresHISTORICAL
20,083 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:oats_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
20083 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c34d85c7f4e71f0b9ba5c681b2db
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
128 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:oats_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
128 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:244a09410dd80dd8816023790ed5
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
71,208 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
71208 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ee3a74a1d0e724a4e95e1d8c629a
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
470 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
470 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:11c0d92a1e134488e7399f63da03
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,489,001 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2489001 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bb58f235a965b465b041f688bc16
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,312 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2312 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:6be999297434957d9c2ae2794fb3
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop AcresHISTORICAL
20,083 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:oats_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
20083 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c34d85c7f4e71f0b9ba5c681b2db
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
128 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:oats_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
128 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:244a09410dd80dd8816023790ed5
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
71,208 acres

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
71208 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:ee3a74a1d0e724a4e95e1d8c629a
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
470 farms

Division No. 2, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 2, 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
4802:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
470 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:11c0d92a1e134488e7399f63da03
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 Oat 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 precipitation324.5 mm
How calculated

Milk River · 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:8b7c6c916e66bc65b40fba21a354
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature5.1 °C
How calculated

Milk River · 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:147c74ebef6946d1c485eff90562
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance2.2 miles
How calculated

Milk River · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Milk River 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:0fc9a8ba69d2e4d0f76167ba35eb
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

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:7ca690e40b922e3ac816557c4a1c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:222786b6d3593afca0658598e2f9
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
IMPROVING category

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:4d8b81b07bbc53f2e0f60d4f3219
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:7c6362f4c90cea117e880a75a428
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
60 0-100

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:752cee3e804c89a3fc4015629e93
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:4ec2e78ad2d4b019b4347de7038f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
69.2 percent of observations

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:d67cb1d7c749c43dce62a393e8a0
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
30.8 percent of observations

Milk River · 2026

How calculated

Milk River · 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:fdcd82086d4a4237ad47bc8ac77f
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

Comparable delivered resultComplete both quotes to compare delivered totals.
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.

72.7sourcing difficulty
Source hay

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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 2009
2009crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2010
2010crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
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 Oat 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 · 42 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.