Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Ryegrass Hay
in Carstairs, Alberta

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint142,091.4 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth72.7 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence84.1 / 100HIGH
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 difficulty47.9 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal495.9 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Carstairs, but it does not measure how much is specifically Ryegrass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 142,091 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 59th percentile among 4,190 analyzed Alberta localities and the 87th percentile nationally. Division No. 6, Alberta reports 124,034 acres of reported other hay fodder 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 Wetaskiwin County No. 10, Alberta, 96 miles away with 332,625 mapped acres. The current drought signal is D0 as of 2026-07-31, 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 pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 59th percentile among analyzed Alberta localities.

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

84.1 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2009: 63,809 acres · 31st regional percentile · 26th national percentile2010: 260,868 acres · 52nd regional percentile · 78th national percentile2011: 76,246 acres · 33rd regional percentile · 44th national percentile2012: 145,623 acres · 49th regional percentile · 71st national percentile2013: 200,791 acres · 57th regional percentile · 84th national percentile2014: 70,495 acres · 32nd regional percentile · 52nd national percentile2015: 96,126 acres · 44th regional percentile · 65th national percentile2016: 94,380 acres · 47th regional percentile · 67th national percentile2017: 75,159 acres · 48th regional percentile · 59th national percentile2018: 95,527 acres · 54th regional percentile · 70th national percentile2019: 80,117 acres · 46th regional percentile · 56th national percentile2020: 109,958 acres · 53rd regional percentile · 67th national percentile2021: 96,042 acres · 51st regional percentile · 62nd national percentile2022: 111,677 acres · 48th regional percentile · 74th national percentile2023: 59,534 acres · 41st regional percentile · 54th national percentile2024: 144,222 acres · 58th regional percentile · 85th national percentile2025: 142,091 acres · 60th regional percentile · 87th 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.

72.7production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
1,465,875 acres

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1465875 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:245477cb9cfe68ad674c7e2ba4b0
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,857 farms

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2857 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:055be6a199023b8dbe874bcee13a
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
124,034 acres

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
124034 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:3c22f57231437bffc73d54da1a10
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
898 farms

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
898 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4f94b83b5ef8f348604306b6db12
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
1,465,875 acres

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1465875 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:245477cb9cfe68ad674c7e2ba4b0
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
2,857 farms

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2857 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:055be6a199023b8dbe874bcee13a
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
124,034 acres

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
124034 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:3c22f57231437bffc73d54da1a10
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
898 farms

Division No. 6, Alberta · 2021

How calculated

Division No. 6, 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
4806:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
898 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:4f94b83b5ef8f348604306b6db12
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 Ryegrass 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 precipitation495.9 mm
How calculated

Sundre · 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:550d459ef05cb01ad60a64c76eb0
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature2.4 °C
How calculated

Sundre · 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:92ac001bd336180c5a3461c4e4ac
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance29 miles
How calculated

Sundre · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Carstairs 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:4fa75e43ac37b32d3464cfa13dfb
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Category PointLATEST
D0 category

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:fae343a954b503a8e499303835af
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
20 0-100

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:99f314657a1610c3314bafac811b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:988c51065fede135790a9044d492
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:86ccd37a510b992b8bafc22ea364
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:7a0d80079db08df3a6141175852e
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
60 0-100

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:168c0ff303667908c89b84605bca
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
38.5 percent of observations

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:3010fe8101436fccbd08d73619da
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
23.1 percent of observations

Carstairs · 2026

How calculated

Carstairs · 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:dba4a2b0ff5cf7d2be1b9194ac19
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.

47.9sourcing 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
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2010
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2011
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2012
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2013
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2014
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2015
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2016
2016crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2017
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2018
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2019
2019crop-class rasterOfficial source ↗
Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2020
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2021
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2022
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Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAnnual Crop Inventory 2023
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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 Ryegrass 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.