ML_GR311 Greeley, CO Fri May 29, 2020 USDA - CO Dept of Ag Market News California Hay Report Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate on moderate demand. According to the NASS Crop Progress report May 26, 2020, in Tulare County, winter row crops were rapidly being chopped and harvested. Almost all fields have been harvested and were being fertilized and tilled. In other areas, winter small grains including wheat were being harvested for silage as well as cut, dried, and baled. Many farmers were beginning pre-irrigation to ready the fields for summer crops. Fields were being fertilized, cultivated for weeds, and tilled for corn and sorghum planting. Fields were also being planted with corn and cotton. Alfalfa continued to be cut, dried, and baled with some delay due to the recent rains. Rice crops were looking above normal condition in the Sacramento Valley. Hay is reported FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted. Regions are defined at bottom of report. Tons: 12,930 Last Week: 12,075 Last Year: 5710 Region 1: North Inter-Mountain: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Supreme 350 185.00-185.00 185.00 Region 2: Sacramento Valley: No New Sales Confirmed. Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Supreme 500 210.00-215.00 212.50 Del Moisture Premium/Supreme 250 190.00-240.00 200.00 Good 50 210.00-210.00 210.00 50 220.00-225.00 222.50 Del Fair/Good 50 165.00-165.00 165.00 Fair 75 195.00-195.00 195.00 Del Wheat Good 800 120.00-120.00 120.00 Forage Mix Good 50 150.00-155.00 152.50 Del Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Good 1900 170.00-195.00 178.16 330 165.00-165.00 165.00 Moisture Fair/Good 425 185.00-185.00 185.00 Fair 1000 140.00-140.00 140.00 Wheat Good 600 140.00-140.00 140.00 Region 5: Southern California: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Premium/Supreme 1500 208.00-208.00 208.00 Premium 175 275.00-275.00 275.00 Retail/Stable Forage Mix-Three Way Good 25 260.00-260.00 260.00 Retail/Stable Region 6: Southeast California: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Premium 125 210.00-220.00 216.00 Retail/Stable Good 2300 170.00-172.00 171.30 1000 200.00-200.00 200.00 Contract Export Fair/Good 600 130.00-130.00 130.00 Bermuda Grass Premium 150 200.00-200.00 200.00 Retail/Stable Good 350 110.00-110.00 110.00 Oat Good 125 120.00-120.00 120.00 Alfalfa Straw Good 150 40.00-40.00 40.00 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. Alfalfa hay test guidelines, (for domestic livestock use and not more than 10% grass, used with visual appearance and intent of sale Quantitative factors are approximate and many factors can affect feeding value. ADF NDF RFV TDN-100% TDN-90% CP-100% Supreme <27 <34 >185 >62 >55.9 >22 Premium 27-29 34-36 170-185 60.5-62 54.5-55.9 20-22 Good 29-32 36-40 150-170 58-60 52.5-54.5 18-20 Fair 32-35 40-44 130-150 56-58 50.5-52.5 16-18 Utility >35 >44 <130 <56 <50.5 <16 ADF = Acid Detergent Fiber; NDF = Neutral Detergent Fiber; RFV = Relative Feed Value; TDN = Total Digestible nutrients. RFV calculated using the Wis/Minn formula. TDN calculated using the western formula. Values based on 100% dry matter, TDN both 90% and 100%. Source: USDA-CO Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Jonathan Gittlein and Greg Sanders Greeley.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov 970-353-9750 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ML_GR311.txt http://marketnews.usda.gov/portal/lg 1100m jpg