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<blockquote data-quote="GMN" data-source="post: 275574" data-attributes="member: 2382"><p>Anyway, my question is about hay quality and what others look for. One guy I know says any hay is good hay as long as it is cheap-quote:</p><p></p><p>This I don't agree with, cheap hay is usually just that, cheap, late cutting, lots of weeds, over mature. Good hay quality depends on so many things, alfalfa gets better with the more cuttings, usually the 3rd or 4th cutting is better than the first. Wheras orchardgrass/fescue here in MO, cut in May is good quality. if we get the rain, alot of people get 2nd cuttings of orchardgrass in August and September, my bet is that we like to buy orchardgrass cut in May, is better quality than in Sept. </p><p></p><p>Last year I went looking to buy some bales, called this guy, said he had clover/grass hay, 5x6 bales, just awesome hay, I got there, and it was horrible, slimy, brown, and not just brown a little bit, way into the bale, I wouldn't have bought the stuff for $1 a bale it was that bad. The bales I bet didn't even weigh 500lbs, and they were not 5x6 bales.</p><p></p><p>You get what you pay for.</p><p></p><p>GMN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMN, post: 275574, member: 2382"] Anyway, my question is about hay quality and what others look for. One guy I know says any hay is good hay as long as it is cheap-quote: This I don't agree with, cheap hay is usually just that, cheap, late cutting, lots of weeds, over mature. Good hay quality depends on so many things, alfalfa gets better with the more cuttings, usually the 3rd or 4th cutting is better than the first. Wheras orchardgrass/fescue here in MO, cut in May is good quality. if we get the rain, alot of people get 2nd cuttings of orchardgrass in August and September, my bet is that we like to buy orchardgrass cut in May, is better quality than in Sept. Last year I went looking to buy some bales, called this guy, said he had clover/grass hay, 5x6 bales, just awesome hay, I got there, and it was horrible, slimy, brown, and not just brown a little bit, way into the bale, I wouldn't have bought the stuff for $1 a bale it was that bad. The bales I bet didn't even weigh 500lbs, and they were not 5x6 bales. You get what you pay for. GMN [/QUOTE]
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