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Hay for Your Horse Most horse owners are familiar with only a few types of hay, depending on the part of the country in which they live. However, a vast array of hays are commonly fed to horses in the United States, including timothy, orchard, alfalfa, coastal, oat, fescue, clover and rye, to name just a few. Each type of hay falls into one of two categories: legumes and grasses.
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What should you know about hay? An A to Z Entry 1 Bermuda — yep, this is bermudagrass hay so I guess it fits the picture I had of hay. The folks at Gilmer Dairy in Alabama feed Bermuda to their Holsteins.  Clover — The Graff’s in Illinois planted a mixture of various types of hay including clover.
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- How to choose the right Hay: We carry 3 different basic types of hay: Grass, Legume and Grain. Grass hays like our Timothy have a high fiber content and are low in protein and calcium. It is one of the most common hays fed to horses. Grass hays should be the main component in rabbit, chinchilla and guinea pig diets.
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- The first thing to notice when inspecting the hay is its color. Good quality hay will have a nice green color that is neither yellow nor brown. Good hay color tends to be associated with higher vitamin, protein, and mineral levels. An overall brown color indicates more mature hay and a corresponding lower quality.
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What should you know about hay? An A to Z Entry Types of Hay. I have to say that I always thought hay was just tall grass. Not sure when I realized that there were different types of hay but I do remember I was a bit surprised to find out how much I had oversimplified things. Oh, and by types of hay, I don’t just mean it comes in both round and square bales!
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- There are several nutritional differences between legume hay and grass hay. In the United States, legume hays typically include alfalfa and clover. Grass hays include many varieties of grasses and can include the grain (oat) hays. One of the biggest differences between legume and grass hay is protein content. On average, legume hays contain much higher levels of protein. It is not uncommon for legume hays to contain in excess of 15% protein while grass hays typically will contain 10% protein or less.
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Species - Grasses Species - Grasses. Annual and perennial grasses used as cover crops include various small grains (barley, oats, rye, triticale, and wheat), annual ryegrass, sorghum-sudangrass, perennial ryegrass, fine fescues, and tall fescue.
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- Hay is grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut, dried, and stored for use as animal fodder, particularly for grazing animals such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep.
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- Horse hay for sale $75/bale. Sheep hay for $75/bale. 43lbs, feed oats, 16%-17% moisture, $2.50/bussel and will deliver within a 40km radius with a minimum of 750 bushels. 1)Timothy alfalfa hay, 2)Alfalfa Timothy brome and, 3)30% alfalfa and rest mixed grasses No rain.
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"Don't Confuse Straw with Hay (Or Hay with Strawâ¦) And what about ""Straw Bale Gardening""?" But it is a fine line. Straw and hay both begin life the same way—as a field crop. The word 'hay' refers to the entire harvested plant, including the seed heads. Most hay is grown to be used as animal feed, and is generally, as Mary Beth correctly notes, timothy, rye, alfalfa or a specialized grass.
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Farm Seed, Pasture Grass Seed & Grass Seed For Hay Tips to Select Buy & Plant Selecting Your Pasture Grass or Farm Seed. Seedland is proud to offer a diverse selection of farm and pasture seed. Whether you need seed for pasture, hay production or forage, legumes or clovers for soil building and forage, seed for cover crop uses, you can count on Seedland to have the latest in seed development.
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Tifton 85 is a Great Grass Hay Alternative Tifton hay is in the Bermuda grass family along with coastal and other common grass hays. But it has many benefits that people are unaware of over Coastal and Alicia hay. I will try to enlighten you on the good about feeding Tifton hays. Tifton-85 was originally started for cattle feeding programs. When researchers realized all the good qualities this hay had to offer, it became very popular in the horse industry. It is perennial forage that originated in Africa and was imported to the humid Southern states for hay and pasture.
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All Hay Is Not Equal: Choose Your Livestockâs Carefully Hay is the mainstay diet for our livestock. Learn the intricacies of hay types, nutritional content and quality before purchasing your next load. During the cold winter months when pastures contain scant forage, hay is the typical diet for cattle, horses, sheep and goats. Next to pasture, good quality hay is the ideal feed.
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- Without a doubt the best hay for horses is clean hay. Hay that is moldy or dusty should not be fed to horses, even when the amount of mold or dust appears to be minor. Any hay (alfalfa, timothy, clover, fescue) that contains dust or mold can inflame the respiratory tract and impair breathing ability. Many horses develop permanent lung damage after consuming moldy or dusty hay.
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Sudan Grass Hay - Caution As hay continues to be in short supply in many areas, some will see the availability of Sudan hay as a solution. There is a great temptation to buy Sudan grass hay as it is CHEAP-it can be found in areas around Arizona for about $6/bale and Bermuda and alfalfa are expensive!I, personally, do not feed Sudan grass hay (also known as Love grass, Johnson grass, Sorghum/Sudan hybrids) to my horses, or let them graze on these grasses., personally, do not feed Sudan grass hay (also known as Love grass, Johnson grass, Sorghum/Sudan hybrids) to my horses, or let them graze on these grasses.
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- Cereal hay made from oats, barley or wheat can also be used for feeding horses. Oat hay or green feed is a common forage for horses in many parts of North America. Often oat hay is available because the oat crop did not mature to be harvested as grain.ereal hay made from oats, barley or wheat can also be used for feeding horses. Oat hay or green feed is a common forage for horses in many parts of North America. Often oat hay is available because the oat crop did not mature to be harvested as grain.
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- Price: $65 Quantity and Type: 100 round hay bales. 100 round hay bales mixture of alfalfa/timothy/brome premium no rain $65 each-have 30 bales grass only and some bales with slight rain for less money.
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Selecting the Right Hay for Your Horse There are three types of plants used to make hay: grass, legumes and cereals. Grass hay is commonly made from timothy, fescue, bluegrass, orchard grass, Bermuda grass or brome grass. These hays contain around 10 percent protein, perfect for the average adult horse.
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- So to select the best hay for Rabbits you need to know about hay. In general, there are two different types of hay: Legume Hay and Grass Hay. Legume hay includes such types as alfalfa (lucerne) and clover grass. Hays such as these are high in protein, calcium and phosphorous.
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What Is the Size of a Standard Hay Bale? Quick Answer. A standard bale of hay has fixed height and width, at 14 inches by 18 inches. The length, however, may vary according to the settings on the baler mechanism and is either 36 inches or 48 inches. Continue Reading.
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Haylage Haylage, also known as round bale silage, is another approach to preserving forage in eastern North Carolina.ow is Haylage Made? The forage is cut as if for hay-making but is baled at 50 – 60 percent moisture rather than at 18 – 20 percent moisture. Baling at the proper moisture content is the single most important variable.
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Types of Rabbit Hay & Grass Timothy Hay is by far the most popular and probably the best kind you can give your rabbit as their basic hay source. Timothy hay is a good all-around choice for unlimited offering to your rabbit. Timothy hay is a mix of leaves and stems from Timothy grass, which is a perennial bunch grass.
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- A variety of winter and spring cereal grains can be grown in the Northeast. Oats and barley are spring grains whereas triticale, wheat, and spelt have both winter and spring adaptability. Cereal rye a common cover crop for the area is for winter production only.
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Difference Between Hay and Grass Hay is a grass or can be a form of grass. When referring to it as a form of grass, it is a cut grass that has been cut then dried for the purpose of becoming an animal feed or food. If it’s still not to be used as food, then it can readily be stored some place else. Hay is a common food commodity for livestock owners who raise horses, cattle, sheep and goats.
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What kind of food do horses eat? Hay is sold in bales with each bale being made up of between 10 to 14 flakes (slices of the bale). Hay is also sold in cube or pellet form. There are several different types of hay including alfalfa, timothy, oat, bermuda, and orchard. Grains like oats, barley and corn are also known as concentrates.
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- Stockmaster is ideal as a pasture mixture for grazing cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and horses. Stockmaster is formulated to produce and persist in a wide range of regions. Stockmaster is formulated with improved varieties of perennial ryegrass, endophyte-free tall fescue and orchardgrass.ighland Pasture Mix is designed for medium to light soils that are more heat and drought prone in the Midwest. A premium mixture of improved varieties that contains approximately 35% soft leaf tall fescue, 25% orchardgrass, 15% grazing tolerant alfalfa, 10% perennial ryegrass, 10% festulolium, and 5% white clover.
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CHAPTER VIII CHOICE OF HAY CROPS Cold winters and warm summers. Where winters are cold and summers warm, timothy (Phleum pratense) is the preferred hay grass and red clover or lucerne (according to soil) the main legume. Oats, sweet clovers (Melilotus spp.) and vetches can be grown.n arid areas, of course, all crops are grown under irrigation. Hay is a common crop in arid parts of Asia. Rainfed, sown hay in semi-arid areas is commonest on large farms, since yields are generally erratic through variations in rainfall. Lucerne can be grown on suitable soils.