ML_GR311 Greeley, CO Fri May 31, 2019 USDA - CO Dept of Ag Market News California Hay Report Compared to last week: All classes traded steady with moderate demand. According to Crop Progress report May 26, 2019, In the Sacramento Valley, winter wheat progressed well. Corn and safflower continued to be progressing well in Kings County. Alfalfa harvest continued. In Tulare County, corn and cotton continued to be planted. Wheat, alfalfa, and oats continued to be harvested. Silage crops were being cut. California rice planted was at 90% versus 91% for the same time in 2018 and Cotton planted was at 99% versus 100% for the same time in 2018. Hay is reported FOB the stack or barn unless otherwise noted. Regions are defined at bottom of report. Tons: 5710 Last Week: 3605 Last Year: 13,000 Region 1: North Inter-Mountain: No New Sales Confirmed. Region 2: Sacramento Valley: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Premium 100 240.00-240.00 240.00 Retail/Stable Orchard Grass Premium 25 240.00-240.00 240.00 Retail/Stable Oat Good 100 150.00-150.00 150.00 Retail/Stable Rice Straw Good 100 87.00-87.00 87.00 Retail/Stable Region 3: Northern San Joaquin Valley: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Premium 100 235.00-235.00 235.00 25 245.00-245.00 245.00 Del Fair/Good 200 100.00-100.00 100.00 Rain Damage 75 150.00-150.00 150.00 Del Rain Damage Oat Good 450 170.00-188.00 186.00 Del Wheat Good 400 130.00-130.00 130.00 500 155.00-170.00 164.00 Del Region 4: Central San Joaquin Valley: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Supreme 125 280.00-280.00 280.00 Del Premium/Supreme 80 270.00-270.00 270.00 Del Region 5: Southern California: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Supreme 1500 248.00-248.00 248.00 Region 6: Southeast California: Tons Price Range Wtd Avg Comments Alfalfa Premium 400 240.00-245.00 243.75 Retail/Stable Good/Premium 1380 195.00-200.00 199.35 150 185.00-185.00 185.00 Export 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