Non-alfalfa hay
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Orchardgrass Hay
in Oronoque, Connecticut
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Evidence strength30/ 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 Oronoque, but it does not measure how much is specifically Orchardgrass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 1,449 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 30th percentile among 1,935 analyzed Connecticut localities and the 17th percentile nationally. 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 Oakville, Connecticut, 23 miles away with 2,999 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 non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 30th percentile among analyzed Connecticut localities.
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- usda-cdl-2025-30m
This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Orchardgrass hay.
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- usda-cdl-2025-30m
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
16 ac
10 mi
38 ac
25 mi
1,449 ac
50 mi
5,528 ac
100 mi
62,855 ac
150 mi
174,476 ac
250 mi
584,294 ac
Within 25 miles1,449mapped acres · 0.115% of radius · 2025
30th percentile among 1,935 analyzed Connecticut localities · 17th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Oronoque · 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
6517- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 6517 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:011fbcd16cc31d223ca2b861f9b1- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
75.3 / 100 persistence · HIGH
20082025
Comparable market observations
Price intelligence
No defensible Orchardgrass 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 precipitation52 in
How calculated
ANSONIA 1 NE, CT 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:2d81557cdaca0c83d8b0be299bfd- Official record
- Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature50.1 °F
How calculated
ANSONIA 1 NE, CT 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:8746f574d74d0a3a3705270b267c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Station distance6.3 miles
How calculated
ANSONIA 1 NE, CT US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Oronoque 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:45f233b0370e58e228defff2871f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.
Environmental pressure
Drought & moisture context
Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
0 percentOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:92e9c370576b29ea4076efec79ed- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percentOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:3458c59f506290c68903e8036c95- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percentOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:71f1167178dbb4365b76cfa171e3- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
NONE categoryOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:a794b3d4ffbe857db5d42320edb3- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100Oronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:408592a88c5013eb133f021d1a9d- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
STABLE categoryOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:33167e78bf3f4893e1e785e5b6fc- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
8 weeksOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:3ea2dabe13b2e4fbee70a6a3c941- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
40 0-100Oronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:62e308ed4b7b0aaa0a33b502b5a1- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
20 0-100Oronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:96a552a2f6c49dc48c983b186317- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100Oronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:556282e80788ef377d8b8d2b82f3- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
15.6 percentOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:09dbf6893ae165243e90795bce81- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percentOronoque · 2026
How calculated
Oronoque · 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:29de7763f2cfba4b- 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:d9ec1ec28a5a175f3da7a8e6136e- 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.
59sourcing difficulty
Rank · marketDistanceMapped contextStrength
1. Orchardgrass Hay in Oakville, Connecticut22.8 mi2,999 ac98.92. Orchardgrass Hay in Waterbury, Connecticut21 mi2,958 ac97.93. Orchardgrass Hay in Watertown, Connecticut23.6 mi2,833 ac94.74. Orchardgrass Hay in Naugatuck, Connecticut16.1 mi2,780 ac93.75. Orchardgrass Hay in Cheshire Village, Connecticut20.2 mi2,637 ac89.96. Orchardgrass Hay in Woodbury Center, Connecticut20.3 mi2,595 ac88.97. Orchardgrass Hay in Heritage Village, Connecticut16.9 mi2,425 ac84.88. Orchardgrass Hay in Bridgewater, Connecticut23.1 mi2,321 ac81.99. Orchardgrass Hay in Knollcrest, Connecticut24.9 mi2,305 ac81.410. Orchardgrass Hay in Chimney Point, Connecticut24 mi2,297 ac81.2Source hay
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Internal market pathways
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County and agricultural-region markets
Audit trail
Methodology & sources
This page was compiled offline from atomic facts. Government services are never called while you load the page.
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
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 Orchardgrass 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 · 45 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.