Jul 1, 2023 · Green Hay: Freshly harvested hay often appears vibrant green. This color indicates that the hay was cut at an early stage of maturity when it contains a higher percentage of …

Aug 14, 2019 · Green. Without question, the most desirable color of hay is bright green. Greenness indicates the hay was not subjected to any adverse conditions during curing or …

Good quality hay is green, not too coarse, and includes plant heads, leaves, as well as stems. Poor-quality hay is dry, bleached out and coarse-stemmed. Sometimes, hay stored outdoors …

The green hay technique is a method of introducing hay meadow plants to meadows that have lost, or never had, the diversity of plants that occur in good, species-rich meadows. It is …

Aug 29, 2020 · Green hay typically indicates younger, less mature, and thus, more nutritious hay. However, that’s not always correct. One of the most important factors is maturity which is …

May 17, 2019 · Had a guy tell me tonight about baling green hay (like the Amish do) and wrapping it with plastic. He said if you cut it and then turn right around and bale/wrap it, it would be high …

What is green hay? Usually taken from a species-rich grassland, green hay is wildflowers and grasses that have been harvested just as they are shedding seed. Unlike a conventional hay …

Dec 2, 2015 · If you're feeding you're own livestock, yellow/green hay, loose/tight/banana bales doesn't really matter - to a point. If you're selling to the horse folks, right, wrong or indifferent, …

Why harvest seed or take green hay. These methods use local seed which: is suited to local soils and climate; conserves the species and character of local grasslands; Spreading species-rich...

Aug 1, 2024 · Green hay is formed from harvested wildflowers and grasses just before they drop seed and still look ‘green’. The idea is that the freshly cut hay is taken from a species-rich site, …