Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
What is hay testing and how do you get one and do it
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="hayray" data-source="post: 475094" data-attributes="member: 3046"><p>I test mine by using a coring tool that I put into a cordless drill. I randomly sample the bales from the lot of hay I want to test by drilling into about 10 randomly selected bales. My coring tool has a canister on it that collects the samples and then I put them into a one gallon plastic baggie and go to the UPS store and ship them to Litchfield Lab in Litchfield, Michigan. They then e-mail me the results in about 1 day, works out great for me. They have a web site. The test cost me about $10. There are several different test you can get depending on what type of livestock you are feeding but basically you get Crude protein values, Total Digestable Nutrients (TDN), and digestible energy and different fiber values that measure the balk of the hay as well as the non-digestible fiber components.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayray, post: 475094, member: 3046"] I test mine by using a coring tool that I put into a cordless drill. I randomly sample the bales from the lot of hay I want to test by drilling into about 10 randomly selected bales. My coring tool has a canister on it that collects the samples and then I put them into a one gallon plastic baggie and go to the UPS store and ship them to Litchfield Lab in Litchfield, Michigan. They then e-mail me the results in about 1 day, works out great for me. They have a web site. The test cost me about $10. There are several different test you can get depending on what type of livestock you are feeding but basically you get Crude protein values, Total Digestable Nutrients (TDN), and digestible energy and different fiber values that measure the balk of the hay as well as the non-digestible fiber components. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
What is hay testing and how do you get one and do it
Top