Re: Switching from hay to alfalfa



"John Hasler" <john@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Jill Bowis writes:
We don't have alfalfa hay here in the UK...

No lucerne?

No :) Over here its only marketed as alfalfa, sold in bags, in variants
but all chopped
-- with hay - with straw -- with oil - on its own.
Its a short fibre high protein feed.
Not ever fed as an only fibre as a long fibre replacement, like hay might
be.
Mind you most of get "hay" what we do not get is a variety of cuts with
measured values.
Its mold free or not !
<g>

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