Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Other hay: price received, marketing-year average: Rhode Island
The average price farmers received per ton for hay other than alfalfa over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
Up to dateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Aug 31, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Rhode Island, 2025
$190 a ton
Up 1.6% from $187 in 2024
United States, 2025
$137 a ton
Down 8.7% from $150 in 2024
Rhode IslandUnited States
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What the numbers say
- Rhode Island's price received is 1.4 times the US average.
- Since 1989 it has risen 82.7%, from $104 to $190 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Rhode Island | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $190 | $137 |
| 2024 | $187 | $150 |
| 2023 | $180 | $172 |
| 2022 | $180 | $177 |
| 2021 | $165 | $153 |
| 2020 | $170 | $132 |
| 2019 | $161 | $135 |
| 2018 | $136 | $139 |
| 2017 | $135 | $120 |
| 2016 | $161 | $118 |
| 2015 | $126 | $121 |
| 2014 | $148 | $130 |
| 2013 | $207 | $139 |
| 2012 | $220 | $144 |
| 2011 | $202 | $132 |
| 2010 | $178 | $97 |
| 2009 | $176 | $97.30 |
| 2008 | $215 | $118 |
| 2007 | $185 | $110 |
| 2006 | $176 | $102 |
| 2005 | $160 | $81.40 |
| 2004 | $149 | $74.60 |
| 2003 | $140 | $70.90 |
| 2002 | $139 | $73.80 |
| 2001 | $140 | $73.30 |
| 2000 | $138 | $70.90 |
| 1999 | $139 | $66.80 |
| 1998 | $145 | $71.80 |
| 1997 | $133 | $75.70 |
| 1996 | $125 | $76.50 |
| 1995 | $122 | $65.40 |
| 1994 | $117 | $67.90 |
| 1993 | $120 | $67.40 |
| 1992 | $108 | $62.20 |
| 1991 | $114 | $60.50 |
| 1990 | $108 | $65.10 |
| 1989 | $104 | $65.50 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State and US estimates released Aug 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA) - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / TON". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is USDA's average for a whole marketing year, weighted by how much of it sold in each month of the marketing year, so it is not the average of the monthly prices.