Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Orchardgrass Hay
in Mikes, Texas

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Evidence strength45/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint12,276 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth85.3 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence65.6 / 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 difficulty36.9 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal22.5 in1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Mikes, but it does not measure how much is specifically Orchardgrass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 12,276 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 92nd percentile among 16,767 analyzed Texas localities and the 80th percentile nationally. Starr County reports 50,623 head of cattle 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 El Brazil, Texas, 12 miles away with 18,863 mapped acres. The current drought signal is 100% as of 2026-09-01, which can affect how quickly buyers should confirm quality and freight.

Buyer decision panel

What the evidence says now

Price dataLIMITED
Local supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureMODERATE
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 92nd percentile among analyzed Texas localities.

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This raster evidence is broader non-alfalfa hay context; it does not identify how much is specifically Orchardgrass 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

65.6 / 100 persistence · MODERATE

2008: 15,410 acres · 49th regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2009: 9,974 acres · 48th regional percentile · 58th national percentile2010: 0 acres · 99th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2011: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 34th national percentile2012: 0 acres · 100th regional percentile · 19th national percentile2013: 20,633 acres · 58th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2014: 30,434 acres · 67th regional percentile · 74th national percentile2015: 26,297 acres · 72nd regional percentile · 72nd national percentile2016: 16,700 acres · 59th regional percentile · 63rd national percentile2017: 22,442 acres · 66th regional percentile · 64th national percentile2018: 32,638 acres · 66th regional percentile · 69th national percentile2019: 30,214 acres · 71st regional percentile · 68th national percentile2020: 35,915 acres · 68th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2021: 22,511 acres · 64th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2022: 35,339 acres · 71st regional percentile · 79th national percentile2023: 39,817 acres · 75th regional percentile · 83rd national percentile2024: 188 acres · 61st regional percentile · 42nd national percentile2025: 12,276 acres · 92nd regional percentile · 80th national percentile
20082025
Agricultural census

Production & livestock context

The smallest published agricultural geography is shown with each measure. These values are never attributed directly to the city.

85.3production depth
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8de334db08f4f2071c59d32ca69f
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
50,623 head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
50,623 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:f69312afd2db7388d8945fd35565
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bc7a1ca3fb335f60ce5fa1540325
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
2,227 head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2,227 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:6013136e57f38b9a533fd1113aa7
Official record
Open source ↗
Beef CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:beef_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8de334db08f4f2071c59d32ca69f
Official record
Open source ↗
CattleHISTORICAL
50,623 head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
50,623 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:f69312afd2db7388d8945fd35565
Official record
Open source ↗
Dairy CattleHISTORICAL
(D) head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:dairy_cattle:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
(D) head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:bc7a1ca3fb335f60ce5fa1540325
Official record
Open source ↗
SheepHISTORICAL
2,227 head

Starr County · 2022

How calculated

Starr County · county

Published agricultural statistic; source status and original value retained.

Source
usda-census-ag-2022
Snapshot
usda-census-ag-2022:fa5f6c110b3c0984
Source record
48427:sheep:2022
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2022-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2,227 head
Normalized unit
head
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:6013136e57f38b9a533fd1113aa7
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 Orchardgrass 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 precipitation22.5 in
How calculated

RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 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:085a9737fdfa0a568c3c5df29613
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature74.4 °F
How calculated

RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 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:c0f61078de4249f9ef4a624d9b03
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance11.8 miles
How calculated

RIO GRANDE CITY, TX US · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Mikes 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:7f14e9f1a848d047b888330dbfb6
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Area D1 PlusLATEST
100 percent

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:90029c0a665d5587986dd946c299
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D2 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:59b3175e806ef545bc6c7ed8d72e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Area D3 PlusLATEST
0 percent

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:644471e34913e8cf48f085571c48
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Category Majority AreaLATEST
D1 category

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:867bb8ed90fa22d5da835e70c836
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
40 0-100

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:7fc82208ee34861496ad3eea7a1c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Four Week TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:ecc366cf12d0a4b1cb3a04596553
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Longest Recent Majority D1 Plus RunLATEST
28 weeks

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:0a8dc34849757e05be92bb006afd
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 12 Weeks AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:160794cb43b05eacdd4fb69cf511
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 26 Weeks AgoLATEST
81.8 0-100

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:968aa9a9bcb90c22fed533d7bfdd
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 4 Weeks AgoLATEST
24.2 0-100

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:7cebeffe0c8901470632e7c8924d
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D1 PlusLATEST
58.5 percent

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:3c39f2ba2537fc2c50009729c42f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Mean Area D2 PlusLATEST
42.4 percent

Mikes · 2026

How calculated

Mikes · 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:d544fc5453dd5837
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:90e272bb1ac4a0fb689bac4bf4cd
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.

36.9sourcing difficulty
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Internal market pathways

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Audit trail

Methodology & sources

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationU.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals, multivariate by station
1991-2020 v1.0.1stationOfficial source ↗
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
200830-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2009 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
200930-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2010 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201030-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2011 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201130-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2012 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201230-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2013 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201330-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2014 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201430-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2015 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201530-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2016 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201630-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2017 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201730-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2018 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201830-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2019 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
201930-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2020 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202030-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2021 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202130-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202230-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2023 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202330-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2024 Cropland Data Layer — national 30-meter
202430-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2025 Cropland Data Layer — national resampled 30-meter
202530-meter rasterOfficial source ↗
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1 Chapter 2 County Level
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 · 49 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-09-01.