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An important part of each hay market report is editor Dave Natzke’s analysis of factors influencing price and demand. Several forces can impact hay market trends – hay quality, interest rates, feed commodity prices, oil prices, crop input costs, weather, transportation costs, milk prices, inflation, exports and international issues. The best way to understand market fluctuations is to study trends in relation to such events. There is value in keeping track of upswings and downturns over several months (or years) to help with buying and selling decisions. Thus, trends can be a critical barometer for producers, brokers, dairymen and livestock producers.
Hay markets vary widely by region and by product – such as alfalfa hay versus “other hay.” The prices in these reports reflect general price trends and movements by region. For purposes of our report, states providing data were divided into the following regions:
Southwest – Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
East – Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Northwest – Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Midwest – Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
The report information is provided by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and is based on actual prices received. Hay quality, however, is not provided in the NASS reports.
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Lynn Jaynes
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