California Hay Report

  Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with very good demand.  
According to the NASS California Crop Weather report 7/16/18, Expect hot and dry 
conditions across the state for the early part of the week as high pressure 
aloft strengthens over the region. By midweek, the high pressure will begin to 
weaken and chances of isolated thunderstorms will increase as monsoonal flow 
looks to deepen and bring moisture into California from the south. With the 
weakening of the high pressure, a cooling trend is expected to felt across the 
state, bringing temperatures in inland areas to near seasonal averages over the 
weekend.  Temperature highs ranged from the upper 60s to lower 110s in the 
mountains, lower 70s to lower 110s in the desert, mid 70’s to mid 90’s along the 
coast, lower 80s to the lower 100s in the Sierras, and mid 90s to mid 100s in 
the valley. Temperature lows ranged in the upper 40s to upper 50s in the 
sierras, lower 50s to mid 60s in the mountains, lower 50s to lower 70s along the 
coast, lower 60s to upper 70s in the valley, and lower 60s to 80s in the desert.
Summer beans and cotton were irrigated in Tulare, corn for silage was tasseling 
and developing ears, and alfalfa was irrigated, cut, and baled. Rice was 
developing well in the Sacramento valley, and was being treated for armyworm. 
Winter wheat continued to be harvested. Hay is reported FOB the stack or barn 
unless otherwise noted.  Regions are defined at bottom of report. 

Tons:  15,875    Last Week:  11,120    Last Year:  26,761                      

Region 1: North Inter-Mountain:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Supreme                 200  285.00-290.00  287.50     Organic           
      Premium/Supreme         100  185.00-185.00  185.00                       
                              800  200.00-215.00  207.50     Export            
      Premium                 800  180.00-220.00  206.25     Retail/Stable     
      Good                    650  135.00-140.00  137.31                       
      Fair                    200  210.00-210.00  210.00     Organic           
  Alfalfa/Forage Mix                                                           
      Good                     75  260.00-260.00  260.00                       
  Orchard Grass                                                                
      Premium                  75  290.00-290.00  290.00     Retail/Stable     
  Timothy Grass                                                                
      Premium                 895  320.00-360.00  334.97     Retail/Stable     
  Wheat                                                                        
      Good                    800  100.00-100.00  100.00     Organic           
  Wheat Straw                                                                  
      Good                    550  120.00-120.00  120.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                  25  240.00-240.00  240.00     Retail/Stable     
      Good                    300  180.00-180.00  180.00                       
                               50  180.00-180.00  180.00 Del                   

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley:                                         
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium/Supreme         200  220.00-220.00  220.00                       
      Premium                 200  270.00-270.00  270.00 Del                   
      Good                     50  165.00-165.00  165.00                       
      Fair                    800  176.00-176.00  176.00                       
  Wheat                                                                        
      Good                    900  145.00-150.00  147.50 Del                   
  Sudan                                                                        
      Good                    125  130.00-130.00  130.00                       
  Wheat Straw                                                                  
      Good                    250  125.00-125.00  125.00 Del                   

Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: 
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa
      Good                    1    215.00-215.00  215.00     Contracted                             

Region 5: Southern California:                                                 
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 150  265.00-265.00  265.00     Retail/Stable     
      Good                    255  200.00-200.00  200.00                       
  Forage Mix-Three Way                                                         
      Good                     50  265.00-265.00  265.00     Retail/Stable     

Region 6: Southeast California:                                                
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 500  210.00-210.00  210.00     Contracted Retail       
                              150  205.00-205.00  205.00     Retail/Stable     
      Good                    200  170.00-170.00  170.00                       
                             5000  180.00-180.00  180.00     Contracted        
                             1000  190.00-190.00  190.00     Export            
  Bermuda Grass                                                                
      Premium                 525  170.00-215.00  177.86     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.