Northwest Hay Stocks Down 29%

According to NASS, Northwest hay stocks are off 29% year-over-year.

As of May 1^st Washington on-farm hay stocks totaled 290,000 tons up 26% percent from last year. May 1^st stocks represent 10% of 2018 production. Disappearance from December 1^st was down 810,000 tons.

In Oregon, on-farm hay stocks totaled 170,000 tons, down 47 percent from 2018.  Stocks as of May 1^st are 6% of 2018’s production.  Disappearance from December 1, 2018 totaled down 1.5 million tons.

Idaho reported 400,000 tons of hay, which is off 39% from last year.  Those stocks represent 8% of last year’s production.  Disappearance from December 1^st was down 2.0 million tons.

Hay stocks stored on U.S. farms totaled 14.9 million tons, down 3% from a year ago.  May 1^st stocks are 12% of 2018 production. Disappearance from December 1, 2018 totaled down 64.1 million tons.

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