Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Oat Hay
in East Hants, Nova Scotia

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

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint316.2 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Oats crop context

Production depth79.9 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence47.7 / 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 difficulty47.3 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal1,393.3 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies oats crop context around East Hants, but it does not measure how much is specifically Oat hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 316 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 92nd percentile among 96 analyzed Nova Scotia localities and the 42nd percentile nationally. Hants, Nova Scotia reports 276 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 Crossroads, Prince Edward Island, 87 miles away with 5,998 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 oats crop context footprint ranks at the 92nd percentile among analyzed Nova Scotia 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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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 oats crop context footprint

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

FAMILY

Footprint history

47.7 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2011: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 74th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 43rd national percentile2013: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 36th national percentile2014: 479 acres · 83rd regional percentile · 44th national percentile2015: 57 acres · 58th regional percentile · 32nd national percentile2016: 6 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 27th national percentile2017: 15 acres · 48th regional percentile · 28th national percentile2018: 144 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 34th national percentile2019: 145 acres · 56th regional percentile · 32nd national percentile2020: 0 acres · 93rd regional percentile · 28th national percentile2021: 161 acres · 69th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2022: 98 acres · 66th regional percentile · 31st national percentile2023: 370 acres · 74th regional percentile · 40th national percentile2024: 122 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 33rd national percentile2025: 316 acres · 93rd regional percentile · 42nd 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.

79.9production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
31,971 acres

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
31971 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d5927c07717e4f5d654ed8ebd313
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
189 farms

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
189 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:db90af6d4c203f12e9807133c242
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop AcresHISTORICAL
276 acres

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:oats_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
276 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:66b91177b534e75a05f84a20bf91
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
14 farms

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:oats_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:06ed18073718c011ff766182e1eb
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
19,699 acres

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
19699 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:673f4c8ff5396c323d20ada4a3e7
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
173 farms

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
173 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:eb2478ed1a23338f1429edc2ff7d
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
31,971 acres

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
31971 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d5927c07717e4f5d654ed8ebd313
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
189 farms

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
189 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:db90af6d4c203f12e9807133c242
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop AcresHISTORICAL
276 acres

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:oats_crop_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
276 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:66b91177b534e75a05f84a20bf91
Official record
Open source ↗
Oats Crop FarmsHISTORICAL
14 farms

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:oats_crop_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
14 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:06ed18073718c011ff766182e1eb
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
19,699 acres

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
19699 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:673f4c8ff5396c323d20ada4a3e7
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
173 farms

Hants, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Hants, Nova Scotia · 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
1208:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
173 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:eb2478ed1a23338f1429edc2ff7d
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 precipitation1,393.3 mm
How calculated

Halifax Stanfield (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:6c715f0e1533d39c8a5d9b011679
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature6.9 °C
How calculated

Halifax Stanfield (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:d02cf5860f5dc6e00073a432ea06
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance16.7 miles
How calculated

Halifax Stanfield (Airport) · nearest station

Great-circle distance from East Hants 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:fc8a2556c96a915279a8ff5a20ce
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

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:c5851970f0d052542772c489abe7
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:f6ba85b1b3e299b9fb721488a204
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:d564fb70678d8b0099f80b9fa229
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:dd8c145b37751b6edd2ef3877315
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:686924be58204ffa3ffc3ceff274
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:55e2c6fbd35fbd539edae6546f42
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
61.5 percent of observations

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:be0391ab51f866412e3b03155559
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
46.2 percent of observations

East Hants · 2026

How calculated

East Hants · 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:1f4788f479b697fd01c9e9d7c31a
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.

47.3sourcing 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
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 · 40 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.