Re: RideCamp: Haylage

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

No, No. Do not use dairy silage. Botulism and death can be a serious side
effect for horses among other problems. pH is not properly controlled for
using it as horse food. In fact, the problems from using dairy silage is
what gave silage a bad name and may be one of the reasons no one has
attempted to market horse haylage in the US.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net

>From: RhondaL
>Email: rlecuyer@unitedgrain.ca
>
>
>If you are looking for haylage (otherwise known as grass silage) any dairy
farmer in the US (or Canada for that matter)with either an upright silo or a
bunker - type silo will have it.
>
>Dairy farmers tend to put up almost pure alfalfa silage -- probably a
little high in protein for many horses.
>
>You can also buy round bales wrapped in plastic to ferment and form silage.
(Have you ever seen long white plastic worms that seem to stretch for a mile
or two in a forage field?) Tricky to handle a 750 lb bale, though!
>
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