A haybine, disc mower or swather/windrower. For smaller areas you can also use a scythe to cut grass for hay.
No second cut hay often has more nutrients in it than first cut hay. But if the horse is overweight or not working much then first cut hay would be better if the horse will eat it.
Hay
Coastal hay is cut and dried Burmudagrass.
Fields.
How do you make a hay flake??? A hay flake is a section of hay that freely breaks apart from the bale after you cut the twine. Soooo, I uess my answer would be- bale the hay and then cut the twine and remove the flake! Ta Da..... a hay flake is made! ;)
Grass.
When you cut grass in the meadow, this is called mowing the grass and if the grass is to be used for hay it is called mowing the hay or a 'hay mow'.
Yes Hay is the dried foliage of various grasses after they have been cut and dried.
Not exactly. The plant has to be cut and harvested (along with many other plants of its kind) as hay before it is eaten by cattle as hay. If the plant itself is eaten by a cow and not cut and gathered, it is merely considered fodder or pasture forage, not hay.
Third crop or third cut hay can be safe for horses depending on where it was grown, it's level of maturity at cutting, and how well it was fertilized / maintained. You should always have hay tested for it's nutrient and sugar content before feeding it to any animal.
all dried grass is called hay. it is where you dry fresh cut grass make it into hay.
You cut down on how much hay you give them.