The number of times you can cut hay in a year typically ranges from two to five, depending on factors such as climate, grass type, and growing conditions. In warmer regions with suitable grasses, it's possible to cut hay up to five times. However, in cooler climates, farmers may only manage two to three cuts. Proper management and timing are crucial for optimizing yield and quality.
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.
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.
Hay
Coastal hay is cut and dried Burmudagrass.
Fields.
Grass.
No. Hay is made of not just one type of grass or legume or grass-legume combination, but rather many possibilities of grass and legume cultivars and varieties and even more possible combinations of the variety of species, varieties and cultivars of grasses and/or legumes that are used in the production of hay. Quality also differs wildly in hay depending on growing conditions, when it was cut, when it was harvested, how it was stored, etc. If you sold your neighbor your hay and you got hay back from your neighbor, the hay you got from your neighbor, no matter if it's the same hay or not, will not be in the same condition, same forage combination, same shape as the hay you gave your own neighbor. Also the hay produced one year on your farm is never the same as the hay produced last year or the year before.
A haybine, disc mower or swather/windrower. For smaller areas you can also use a scythe to cut grass for hay.
Over 100 kids die a year from playing near hay bales.
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.
This is a question sentence and it means "How many months does one year have". (Cuantos = How many; meses = months; hay = there are; en = in; un = one; ano = year).