[RC] Hay there! ( a little help, please) - Erick Larson
Greetings:
I just received my hay analysis from the University of Tennessee.
It’s a jumble of numbers and I am having trouble making sense out of it.
>From what I have been able to determine by a Google Search and reading all
available material from the Ag Extension my 1,000 lb. nursing cows should do
very well on this hay. Too bad I don’t have any 1,000 lb. nursing
cows. I have a couple of geldings in their first year of doing 50’s
(barefoot I’m afraid!).
Soooo…..
Below are the numbers. Can anyone tell me how to make
sense out of them. I am interested in feeding the highest quality hay to
my “boys”. For horses training and competing in endurance what
numbers are you looking for in feed test results? If I know what to shoot
for, I can adjust my fields accordingly. Or perhaps the “geek”
in me is showing and I should just feed ‘em what grows and ride.
