California Hay Report

  Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with very good demand.  
According to the NASS Acreage report 6/29/18, California all hay area harvested 
for 2018 is 1,050,000 acres versus 2017 number of 1,100,000 acres with the 
United States 2018 is at 55,068,000 acres versus 2017 at 53,784,000 acres.    
According to the NASS Crop Progress Report 6/25/18, A dry and warming pattern 
began to established itself over California as a ridge of high pressure moved 
into the area. Near midweek, a front of cool weather helped to alleviate some of 
the warming caused by the building high pressure, and by midweek an offshore 
flow increased. The hottest temperatures were felt over the weekend, with 
temperatures reaching into the 100s across most of the inland areas.  
Temperature highs ranged from the mid 60s to low 100s along the coast, lower 80s 
to lower 90s in the mountains, mid 90s to mid 100s in the valley, and lower 100s 
to mid 110s in the desert. Temperature lows ranged from the mid 30s to mid 50s 
in the mountains, upper 40s to mid 50s along the coast, lower 50s to upper 60s 
in the desert, and mid 50s to lower 60s in the valley.  Safflower bloomed in the 
Sacramento Valley, and garbanzo beans were harvested. In Tulare County wheat for 
grain continued to be harvested, and wheat for straw was baled. Corn for silage 
was tasseling. Alfalfa and cotton continued to be irrigated.  Hay is reported 
FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted.  Regions are defined at bottom of 
report. 

Tons:  9985    Last Week:  18,050    Last Year:  15,070                        

Region 1: North Inter-Mountain:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 200  130.00-130.00  130.00     Retail/Stable     
      Good/Premium            200  125.00-125.00  125.00                       
  Meadow Grass                                                                 
      Premium                 100  180.00-180.00  180.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                1020  230.00-240.00  238.04                       
                               50  240.00-240.00  240.00     Retail/Stable     
  Alfalfa/Orchard Mix                                                          
      Premium                  50  270.00-270.00  270.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley:                                         
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Supreme                 140  260.00-260.00  260.00                       
      Premium/Supreme         400  240.00-240.00  240.00                       
                              275  275.00-275.00  275.00 Del                   
      Premium                 250  200.00-220.00  210.00     Retail/Stable     
      Good                    300  240.00-245.00  242.50 Del                   

  Grain Hay                                                                    
      Good                   2000  120.00-120.00  120.00                       
  Wheat Straw                                                                  
      Good                   1500  122.00-122.00  122.00 Del                   

Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: No New Sales                             

Region 5: Southern California:                                                 
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 200  275.00-275.00  275.00     Retail/Stable     
  Forage Mix-Three Way                                                         
      Good                    100  220.00-275.00  247.50     Retail/Stable     

Region 6: Southeast California:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Good/Premium           2000  195.00-200.00  197.50                       
                              500  190.00-190.00  190.00     Export            
  Klein Grass                                                                  
      Premium                 100  220.00-220.00  220.00                       
  Sudan                                                                        
      Premium                 600  170.00-170.00  170.00                       

The following are the counties included in each region:                        
Region 1: Siskiyou, Modoc, Shasta, Lassen, and Plumas.                         
Region 2: Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer,  
          Yolo, El Dorado, Solano, Sacramento, Amador, and Alpine.             
Region 3: San Joaquin, Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mono, Merced, Mariposa.
Region 4: Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Inyo.                             
Region 5: Kern, Northeast Los Angeles, and Western San Bernardino.             
Region 6: Eastern San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial.