Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Alfalfa hay production started in the Columbia Basin in Washington last week while other areas will start in the ne...

Seth Hoyt: Due to lower milk prices and limited amount of top-quality alfalfa hay, demand for early new crop alfalfa hay in central California is below normal...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Speculation from growers is that the warmer than normal February caused alfalfa hay to grow faster than normal...

A press release on March 11, 2016, from U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) shows how the federal government is mismanaging the water run-off in California...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.Early season new crop alfalfa hay prices in California’s Imperial Valley are $20 to $25 per ton lower than new crop sale...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Dairies in the West have increased the use of alfalfa hay for dry cows, with the biggest turn-around in California...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, baled hay and straw exports from the West Coast from July through November 2015 were 3,582,640 short tons, up 7 percent from the same period in 2014. The main reason for the increase was a 31 percent increase in alfalfa hay exports to China and stronger alfalfa hay exports to the United...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. USDA’s final estimate of alfalfa hay acres in California in 2015 was 790,000, the lowest alfalfa hay acres since...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. According to the Dairy Marketing Branch in the California Department of Food and Agriculture, dairies in California...

Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. In the past few weeks, a few hay export companies in the West have been aggressively looking for and purchasing alfalfa...