Friday, February 8, 2019

California Hay Report

  Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with moderate demand.  
According to GATS, for the range of January 2018 to November 2018 the US has 
shipped a total of 2,326,165 metric tons of alfalfa hay with the top three 
buying countries of China, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Hay is reported FOB the stack 
or barn unless otherwise noted.  Regions are defined at bottom of report.  

Tons:  2300    Last Week:  1700    Last Year:  5400                            

Region 1: North Inter-Mountain:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Fair/Good               100  170.00-170.00  170.00                       

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 100  280.00-300.00  290.00     Retail/Stable     
      Good/Premium            100  240.00-240.00  240.00 Del                   
      Fair/Good               600  210.00-215.00  212.50 Del                   
  Rice Straw                                                                   
      Good                    200   97.00-105.00  101.00 Del                   

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley:                                         
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Oat                                                                          
      Good                    125  230.00-230.00  230.00 Del Retail/Stable     
  Wheat                                                                        
      Good                    125  230.00-230.00  230.00 Del Retail/Stable     

Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: No New Sales Confirmed.

Region 5: Southern California:                                                 
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 200  279.00-279.00  279.00     Retail/Stable     
  Forage Mix-Three Way                                                         
      Good                     50  275.00-275.00  275.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 6: Southeast California:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 125  200.00-200.00  200.00     Clippings         
                              125  265.00-265.00  265.00     Retail     
                              250  230.00-235.00  232.50     Stable
  Bermuda Straw                                                                
      Good                    200   90.00-90.00    90.00                       

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.        

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