All the haylage that we produce is made from the specially sown grasses grown on Elder Farm. We treat these grasses as crops and they are re-seeded every 2-3 years (Timothy 4-5 years) and is kept as free from all weeds as possible. It is all guaranteed to be free of Ragwort. As well as producing this haylage and providing the delivery service we also try to advise our customers on suitablility as best we can. Here is a quick guide to the main two types of haylage we produce, for further details give us a call on 01757 288218 or email neilblenkhorn@hotmail.com
Ryegrass
Ryegrass is a naturally high energy grass that, depending on age when cut, can provide a forage with high feed value. The first cut is most suitable for high performance or horses with a high work load (hunters, eventers, competition horses and racehorses)
Second cut is usually lower in nutrition and provides a palatable but safer forage for horses in light to medium work and suits most needs.
Timothy
Timothy is a type of grass that is naturally much lower in energy and provides an answer for easily excitable or laminitis prone horses/ponies. For those horses/ponies who have issues with dust allergy/ COPD then timothy becomes an in-valuable feed being both low in energy and dust-free and therefore far superior to even the best hay.
Both First and second cuts are lower in energy to the ryegrass but the first cut is naturally much coarser than the second cut, therefore if your horse is used to/suited to a softer forage then the second cut is most suitable.
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