California Hay Report

  Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with very good demand.  
Chances of rain held off some farmers in Region 6 of knocking hay down this 
week.  According to the U.S Drought Monitor 3/22/18, precipitation amounts 
during the USDM period were above normal in parts of Montana, much of Idaho, 
eastern Oregon, northern Utah and Nevada, and much of California. Below-normal 
precipitation occurred elsewhere, but was most notable in the Desert Southwest 
and coastal Pacific Northwest. Precipitation departures for the 30- and 60-day 
time periods are apparent in most of the region. The important water year-to-
date precipitation amounts were running above normal in the north but running at 
least 25-50 percent below normal for much of the region. Mountain snowpack is 
less than 25 percent of normal across much of the Sierra Nevada and 
Intermountain West.  Hay is reported FOB the stack or barn unless 
otherwise noted.  Regions are defined at bottom of report. 

Tons:  2325    Last Week:  2440    Last Year:  3535                            

Region 1: North Inter-Mountain: No New Confirmed Sales.                                               

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                  25  280.00-280.00  280.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley:                                         
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 100  279.00-279.00  279.00 Del                   

Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: No New Sales Confirmed. 
                                                                             
Region 5: Southern California: No New Confirmed Sales.  

Region 6: Southeast California:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium/Supreme         800  220.00-225.00  222.50                       
      Premium                1400  220.00-230.00  227.14     Retail/Stable                                                                                                  

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.