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How to put up a low sugar/carb hay
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<blockquote data-quote="NorCalFarms" data-source="post: 156854" data-attributes="member: 2465"><p>We put up dairy quality alfalfa, so we are basically trying to do the opposite, put up high sugar, hot hay.</p><p></p><p>We try not to start cutting until noon, UC Davis has research that shows the plants (alfalfa anyway) has the highest sugar content from noon to about sundown. This helps us make more palatable hay with a higher test. So maybe cutting at dawn or a little earlier would help.</p><p></p><p>Also they say drought stressed hay will usually have a lower sugar content, as will more mature hay. </p><p></p><p>You might also check into which grasses have a lower sugar content, I'd bet you could maybe find quite a difference, and seed more of a certian species. I also seem to remember clover as being fairly 'sweet', but I'm not sure on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NorCalFarms, post: 156854, member: 2465"] We put up dairy quality alfalfa, so we are basically trying to do the opposite, put up high sugar, hot hay. We try not to start cutting until noon, UC Davis has research that shows the plants (alfalfa anyway) has the highest sugar content from noon to about sundown. This helps us make more palatable hay with a higher test. So maybe cutting at dawn or a little earlier would help. Also they say drought stressed hay will usually have a lower sugar content, as will more mature hay. You might also check into which grasses have a lower sugar content, I'd bet you could maybe find quite a difference, and seed more of a certian species. I also seem to remember clover as being fairly 'sweet', but I'm not sure on that. [/QUOTE]
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