Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Ryegrass Hay
in Eskasoni 3, Nova Scotia

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint9,469.8 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth52.2 / 100MODERATE

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence72.6 / 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 difficulty63.6 / 100MODERATE

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

Annual precipitation normal1,481.4 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Eskasoni 3, but it does not measure how much is specifically Ryegrass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 9,470 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 28th percentile among 960 analyzed Nova Scotia localities and the 29th percentile nationally. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia reports 1,798 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 Winsloe North, Prince Edward Island, 127 miles away with 141,683 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 supplyMODERATE
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

The 25-mile mapped non-alfalfa hay footprint ranks at the 28th percentile among analyzed Nova Scotia 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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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

72.6 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2011: 1,276 acres · 16th regional percentile · 14th national percentile2012: 7,191 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 24th national percentile2013: 26,162 acres · 45th regional percentile · 37th national percentile2014: 948 acres · 11th regional percentile · 20th national percentile2015: 13,014 acres · 28th regional percentile · 33rd national percentile2016: 8,705 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 29th national percentile2017: 10,536 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 29th national percentile2018: 10,949 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 29th national percentile2019: 12,628 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 29th national percentile2020: 0 acres · 93rd regional percentile · 19th national percentile2021: 5,607 acres · 19th regional percentile · 27th national percentile2022: 12,013 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 30th national percentile2023: 12,008 acres · 23rd regional percentile · 30th national percentile2024: 9,765 acres · 22nd regional percentile · 28th national percentile2025: 9,470 acres · 28th regional percentile · 29th 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.

52.2production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,406 acres

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2406 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:67776435a95f82c21220e712dfc8
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
26 farms

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
26 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8387a33d8d50d56f05f324f6c6af
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
1,798 acres

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1798 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d0966570c2eeadbf13b8ade15007
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
24 farms

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
24 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c376c4eac5d141f6c1071074ddf7
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
2,406 acres

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
2406 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:67776435a95f82c21220e712dfc8
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
26 farms

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
26 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:8387a33d8d50d56f05f324f6c6af
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
1,798 acres

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1798 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:d0966570c2eeadbf13b8ade15007
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
24 farms

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia · 2021

How calculated

Cape Breton, 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
1217:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
24 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:c376c4eac5d141f6c1071074ddf7
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 precipitation1,481.4 mm
How calculated

Sydney · 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:da25f3693770151f7549f64aca8a
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature6.2 °C
How calculated

Sydney · 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:009ed22ef86d6805be95969cddfa
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance31.2 miles
How calculated

Sydney · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Eskasoni 3 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:ea091508d6d43a51cbc98e2de1d5
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

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:b545f75bd25c1fe916f9424a275b
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
20 0-100

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:9d2d47f1a82a7bc676a603a73fe7
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
WORSENING category

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:7bff27ca64c91bc52a35642bf845
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:901f8cea72d849acab47f9d63659
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:c2e4d1ce526aa57a02316eb74c8c
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
40 0-100

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:efef3947c3435524f1a1ed351843
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
61.5 percent of observations

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:a4452983243830587a71738744a3
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
38.5 percent of observations

Eskasoni 3 · 2026

How calculated

Eskasoni 3 · 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:646c25f7d218f6556145fd13ba21
Official record
Open source ↗

Drought and weather pressure provide environmental context; they do not estimate production or price.

HayQuotes marketplace

Visible supply & verified demand

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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
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.

63.6sourcing 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
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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
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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
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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
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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 · 38 cited facts in this document · data as of 2026-07-31.