Local Hay Intelligence · Updated 2026-09-04

Ryegrass Hay
in Owen Sound, Ontario

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Evidence strength40/ 100 · FAMILY
Local mapped footprint229,356.2 acres within 25 miFAMILY

Non-alfalfa hay

Production depth95.4 / 100HIGH

Evidence of production capacity; not tons available for sale.

Footprint persistence93.8 / 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 difficulty33.3 / 100LOW

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

Annual precipitation normal1,073.9 mm1991–2020 NORMAL
Local interpretation

What the local hay data shows

USDA mapping identifies non-alfalfa hay around Owen Sound, but it does not measure how much is specifically Ryegrass hay. The latest 2025 raster shows 229,356 mapped acres within 25 miles, placing the market in the 95th percentile among 5,420 analyzed Ontario localities and the 98th percentile nationally. Grey, Ontario reports 41,170 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 Chatsworth, Ontario, 13 miles away with 304,320 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 supplySTRONG
Nearby sourcingSTRONG
Drought pressureLOW
MarketplaceLIMITED

Owen Sound ranks among the strongest persistent mapped non-alfalfa hay footprints in Ontario.

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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

93.8 / 100 persistence · HIGH

2011: 440,064 acres · 98th regional percentile · 99th national percentile2012: 323,720 acres · 93rd regional percentile · 97th national percentile2013: 301,150 acres · 97th regional percentile · 96th national percentile2014: 324,154 acres · 96th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2015: 318,704 acres · 96th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2016: 320,279 acres · 97th regional percentile · 99th national percentile2017: 294,944 acres · 96th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2018: 303,012 acres · 96th regional percentile · 99th national percentile2019: 303,911 acres · 95th regional percentile · 99th national percentile2020: 247,844 acres · 91st regional percentile · 96th national percentile2021: 288,360 acres · 96th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2022: 241,560 acres · 97th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2023: 239,617 acres · 97th regional percentile · 98th national percentile2024: 228,428 acres · 98th regional percentile · 97th national percentile2025: 229,356 acres · 96th regional percentile · 98th 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.

95.4production depth
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
290,762 acres

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
290762 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:41179933a97ebec08872092f3ce4
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
1,751 farms

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1751 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:218d7538ed6dc9d0f9832848e2bb
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
41,170 acres

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
41170 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:889d4ac2eea3a24bad93aa7bc817
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
683 farms

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
683 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7bdd4f8c61f2cb319d905f2091bf
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay AcresHISTORICAL
290,762 acres

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:field_crops_hay_acres:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
290762 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:41179933a97ebec08872092f3ce4
Official record
Open source ↗
Field Crops Hay FarmsHISTORICAL
1,751 farms

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:field_crops_hay_farms:2021
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
1751 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:218d7538ed6dc9d0f9832848e2bb
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder AcresHISTORICAL
41,170 acres

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:other_hay_fodder_acres:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
41170 acres
Normalized unit
acres
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:889d4ac2eea3a24bad93aa7bc817
Official record
Open source ↗
Other Hay Fodder FarmsHISTORICAL
683 farms

Grey, Ontario · 2021

How calculated

Grey, Ontario · 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
3542:other_hay_fodder_farms:2021
Evidence
FAMILY
Period
2021-12-31
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Original
683 farms
Normalized unit
farms
Freshness
HISTORICAL
Fact ID
fact:7bdd4f8c61f2cb319d905f2091bf
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 precipitation1,073.9 mm
How calculated

Wiarton · 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:778c820657dee7757c1274663b59
Official record
Open source ↗
Annual mean temperature6.7 °C
How calculated

Wiarton · 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:95bdaa6adfd9d56ce4a096d55c5f
Official record
Open source ↗
Station distance14.5 miles
How calculated

Wiarton · nearest station

Great-circle distance from Owen Sound 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:85b30294e0eb1d31fe30021f9a1e
Official record
Open source ↗

Climate normals provide environmental context and do not predict yield.

Environmental pressure

Drought & moisture context

Drought Current Category PointLATEST
NONE category

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:current_category_point:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:0adb58bd5cecec94b52874b14f32
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Current Pressure ScoreLATEST
0 0-100

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:current_pressure_score:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:96eace38bf9445d28bb55d7f8d3f
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought One Month TrendLATEST
STABLE category

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:one_month_trend:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
category
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:65e2ae77c5592c1aa0745692ab11
Official record
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Drought Pressure Score 1 Month AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:pressure_score_1_month_ago:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:e06235634676ad7d3d1c315fbe24
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 3 Months AgoLATEST
0 0-100

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:pressure_score_3_months_ago:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:dc6a49a849ab6eeab8659ca3c374
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Pressure Score 6 Months AgoLATEST
20 0-100

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:pressure_score_6_months_ago:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
0-100
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:9a677271e87df79772e9bf482186
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D1 PlusLATEST
15.4 percent of observations

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d1_plus:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:899a8d872d21289354d32fef1f74
Official record
Open source ↗
Drought Trailing Year Months D2 PlusLATEST
7.7 percent of observations

Owen Sound · 2026

How calculated

Owen Sound · 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:3e839dff5c0effce
Source record
drought:trailing_year_months_d2_plus:2026-06-30
Evidence
GENERAL
Period
2026-06-30
Retrieved
2026-09-04
Normalized unit
percent of observations
Freshness
LATEST
Fact ID
fact:7f8596e3c4274eeb16104a92c555
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.

33.3sourcing 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 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 2026-06-30.