Friday, February 15, 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:  2225    Last Week:  2300    Last Year:  1100                            

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

Region 2: Sacramento Valley:                                                   
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 100  270.00-270.00  270.00 Del                   
      Fair                   1000  210.00-215.00  212.00 Del                   
  Forage Mix-Two Way                                                           
      Good                    100  110.00-110.00  110.00 Del                   
  Rice Straw                                                                   
      Good                    100   95.00-95.00    95.00 Del                   

Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley:                                         
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 200  260.00-260.00  260.00     Retail/Stable     
  Orchard/Grain                                                                  
      Good                    100  180.00-185.00  182.50 Del                   

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

Region 5: Southern California:                                                 
                             Tons   Price Range   Wtd Avg    Comments          
  Alfalfa                                                                      
      Premium                 175  280.00-280.00  280.00     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                 250  255.00-255.00  255.00     Retail/Stable     
  Bermuda Grass                                                                
      Premium                 150  230.00-230.00  230.00     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.           

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