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There is more than one legume that is used for hay and/or silage, for example:
Alfalfa
Red Clover
White Dutch Clover
Arrowleaf Clover
Sanfoin
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Cicer Milkvetch
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What do grown up cows eat?
Cows are grown up; they are mature female bovines. They eat grass, hay, silage, and other forages, basically.
Clover is an example of Legume hay used for horses. Is Timothy a grass hay or legume hays?
Timothy is a grass hay
What are types of hay?
Grass Grass-legume mix Legume
How many different kinds of grass are there?
There are many different kinds of forage crops that have the appropriate nutritional benefits to make hay for animals. Some include clover, alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil, sanfoin, laspadenza, cicer milkvetch, and grasses include timothy, orchard grass, bromegrass, wheatgrass, ryegrass, fescue, and bluegrass. The different hay types include grass hay, legume hay, and grass-legume mix hay. The highest nutritional-type hay is legume, but the risks of legume-only hay is bloat, so grass-legume mix hay is the most popular type of hay that many livestock producers use. Grass hay is much better for horses because of the lower energy content as opposed to the legume hay.
What is the diet of a sheep?
Water, grass, hay, silage and grain
What crops do Lithuania grow?
Grain is grown in Lithuania, for hay and silage. They grow grain very early in order to smother the production of weeds. Maize is also grown for silage production on some progressive bendroves and there is increasing interest in its use now that early maturing varieties, that can produce a good crop in most years, are available.
Do cows eat everything?
No. Cows are herbivores, meaning that they are strictly plant-eating animals, not omnivores nor carnivores. Cows eat grass, hay and silage and should eat just grass, hay and silage.
Moldy hay can be fed to a horse when?
NEVER feed mouldy hay to horses( or mouldy pellets, grains or chaff) Horses will usually tell you if the hay is mouldy(unless they are very hungry) but not wanting to eat it. Dont confuse mouldy hay with silage or haylage, but be verycareful feeding silage and haylage to horses.
What is another word for hay?
Forage, fodder, dried grass, and silage are just a few synonym's for hay.
What does a male sheep eat?
The same as female sheep - grass, hay, silage and grain
How does a black angus cow obtain energy?
From the grass, hay, grain or silage she consumes.
What are 3 types of feeds that are most beneficial to ruminants?
Hay, grass, grain and/or silage.
