Non-alfalfa hay
Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04
Orchardgrass Hay
in Howard, South Dakota
Compare local and regional supply, market data, and delivered or pickup options for Orchardgrass hay serving Howard.
Tell us the quantity, bale format, delivery or pickup preference, and timing once. HayQuotes matches the request with suitable suppliers.
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.
What the local hay data shows
USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Howard, but it does not measure how much is specifically Orchardgrass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 11,382 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 45th percentile among 4,365 analyzed South Dakota localities and the 77th percentile nationally. Miner County reports 5,686 acres of reported other hay acreage in 2022, 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 Alpena, South Dakota, 44 miles away with 22,395 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 22.4% as of 2026-09-01, which can affect how quickly buyers should confirm quality and freight.
What the evidence says now
The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 45th percentile among analyzed South Dakota localities.
Trace this statement
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Orchardgrass hay.
Trace this statement
- usda-cdl-2025-30m
Local non-alfalfa hay footprint
Mapped acreage is shown by sourcing radius. It is land-cover evidence, not inventory available for sale.
45th percentile among 4,365 analyzed South Dakota localities · 77th percentile nationally.
How calculated
Howard · 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
51180- Evidence
- FAMILY
- Period
- 2025-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 51180 classified pixels
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- LATEST
- Fact ID
fact:68f16b3ea470006c029ce3ca3329- Official record
- Open source ↗
Footprint history
67.7 / 100 persistence · MODERATE
Production & livestock context
The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:beef_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:0f0d07c59028323f1443cea81eba- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 36,086 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:7536ede14154df3a5a97663d7aac- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:dairy_cattle:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:b522aecede9047af22f040cde45c- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:equine:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 280 head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:ffb1ec4337433b388d43d280ffcc- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Reported all-hay acres divided by the sum of reported cattle, equine, sheep, and goat inventories. This is context, not consumption or a shortage estimate.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:forage-production-livestock-context:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- reported_hay_acres/reported_head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:e4a0bb2b288ccacbfcb302598034- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:goats:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- (D) head
- Normalized unit
- head
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:e7d327d3346e59f3db70b814739a- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:hay_acres:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 15,587 acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:6f910c0b716d34a3225bd282571f- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:hay_farms:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 130 farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:1f6513079347852bcc3d2c900301- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:hay_irrigated_acres:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- - acres
- Normalized unit
- acres
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:d0a58fbe73b375c4ba2b49168ef4- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:hay_irrigated_farms:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- - farms
- Normalized unit
- farms
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:93b3383be2dff254e81befda032b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:hay_production:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Original
- 30,382 tons
- Normalized unit
- tons
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:b86bef6d5f8a80e635fad1f0dbd0- Official record
- Open source ↗
Miner County · 2022
How calculated
Miner County · county
Reported production divided by reported harvested acres at the same published geography and vintage.
- Source
- usda-census-ag-2022
- Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984- Source record
46097:hay:reported-yield:2022- Evidence
- GENERAL
- Period
- 2022-12-31
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-04
- Normalized unit
- tons/acre
- Freshness
- HISTORICAL
- Fact ID
fact:82f96861c228d2d81c12d271a44b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Production depth measures evidence of production capacity; it is not an estimate of tons available for sale.
Price intelligence
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.
Local climate context
How calculated
HOWARD, SD 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:8e5796c3db6e940dcd97b48bda1e- Official record
- Open source ↗
How calculated
HOWARD, SD 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:2596a018de2515331cd08ade3950- Official record
- Open source ↗
How calculated
HOWARD, SD US · nearest station
Great-circle distance from Howard 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:3223d6407499a5fa1a880527cb78- Official record
- Open source ↗
Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.
Drought & moisture context
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:5324d9ba89b37e9469e5799cef2b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:5ad762974c1e18d178d0c0c96163- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:2e303e837bce942cb0dfabb5ec03- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:a69a0e725035ebadefcd1b571e8b- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:3f057f1e067209111b0cd49c130e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:b6ee63f9db393154775eebd51fe6- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:578fce1b7810891c02e82ff0f87e- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:e08bc20e3a3d7ad9434ebb4f37ac- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:20c1473887ef29f36869c8044851- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:2dd1bc9c59abe26e80ad4e7bf061- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:194916c032d29c59c23a854a5be1- Official record
- Open source ↗
Howard · 2026
How calculated
Howard · 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:fabc237a2c65154d- 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:a68334cf8bd6eb97035612e12c48- Official record
- Open source ↗
Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.
Visible supply & verified demand
No recent HayQuotes marketplace observations are available yet for this local market.
Delivered-cost, bale & truckload engine
No bale weight, payload, route mileage, or freight rate is assumed. Use the figures supplied with each quote.
Quote A
$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials
Quote B
$0.00 hay + $0.00 freight + $0.00 accessorials
Strong nearby sourcing candidates
Ranked from the precomputed locality graph using type-aware mapped evidence and distance. Mapped land is not inventory for sale.
Need Orchardgrass Hay in Howard?
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Geographic hubs organize the evidence below this locality. Other hay types appear when the same market has enough exact or contextual support to be useful.
County and agricultural-region markets
Other strongly supported hay types in Howard
Methodology & sources
This page was compiled offline from atomic facts. Government services are never called while you load the page.
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 · 64 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.
