July 11 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.Timothy hay prices for export and domestic retail markets in the West have been very strong the past two weeks
June 20 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.I grew up on a beef cattle ranch in North Central California, and while we put up hay, it was nothing of the magnitude
June 6 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.If there’s one thing alfalfa hay growers have learned over the years, it’s that when dairies are profitable,...
May 23 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. The first sale reported on new crop alfalfa hay in southwest Idaho last week was a 400-ton lot of Supreme alfalf
May 9 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.Alfalfa hay exports were higher in March to the two leading alfalfa hay export destinations for U.S. alfalfa. China, th
April 25 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.Last fall it appeared that early new crop alfalfa hay prices in California in 2017 could be up $20 to $30 from a year a
April 11 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. The abundant winter rains in California have lingered into the spring and are causing problems for the early 201
March 28 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.The California Department of Food and Agriculture Dairy Marketing Branch reported that alfalfa fed to milk cows in Cali
March 14 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. After production of winter alfalfa hay clippings in the Southern California and Arizona desert the past six week
Feb. 28 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. With the decline of alfalfa hay acres in Central California due to continued growth of almond and pistachio acre
Feb. 14 2017 Alfalfa hay exports from the Port of Long Beach to Saudi Arabia in December 2016 totaled 41,871 metric tons (MT), up 45 percent from the 28,791 MT in November and compares to 9,547 MT in December 2015
Jan. 31 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.The heaviest snow in many years in Idaho and Utah has dramatically reduced feeder hay supplies in those two states. Las
Jan. 17 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. USDA’s December 1, 2016, hay stocks report showed the amount of hay in California down 5 percent from December
Jan. 3 2017 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Almond and pistachio trees are still being planted in California’s Central Valley, according to sources. Some
Dec. 13 2016 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.Different from 10 to 15 years ago, today I look at scenarios that could shape the next year’s alfalfa hay market: if...
Nov. 22 2016 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. After a challenging year, hay growers in the West are ready to put 2016 in the rearview mirror and are
Nov. 8 2016 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.As if a depressed alfalfa hay market wasn’t enough of a challenge for hay growers in Idaho and Washington, a
Oct. 25 2016 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight. Prices for Fair quality alfalfa hay in the West are below $100 per ton FOB the stack in many areas, wit
Oct. 11 2016 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight.According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, alfalfa hay exports from the West Coast to China in August totaled a record
Sept. 27 2016 Seth HoytAuthor of The Hoyt Report, providing hay market analysis and insight Demand for alfalfa hay from Central California dairies, mainly the Tulare and Hanford areas, started to pick up in J
