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Hay Market Report for the Upper Midwest for August 19, 2025

By Melissa Jean Ohlrich

 

About the Hay Market Report: 

All data have been compiled by Melissa Ohlrich, Crops and Soils Educator for Clark and Marathon Counties, UW-Madison Division of Extension. Prices are reported for alfalfa hay and grass hay. Alfalfa hay may include alfalfa/grass mix.  

All values are compiled from public and private quality tested sales through Wisconsin and the Midwest and reported on the first and third weeks of each month. All prices are reported on an as-fed basis, and not on a dry matter basis.  

Previous hay reports are archived here.

Source : wisc.edu

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