ANFS241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Soybean, Beet Pulp, Dactylis
16 Nov 2016
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Maturity: flower heads, an immature flower head will hold its shape and not release its seeds an easily, flower heads are usually the 1st cut. Species: orchard grass, timothy, alfalfa and fescue, orchard grass, timothy: looks like a cylinder, alfalfa, fescue: flowers are more spread out. Presence of weeds: fox tail the seeds are very abrasive and cause soars in the mouth, not poisons. Softness of grass: dryness, scratchiness, brittleness. Color: coloring of grass may not have a correlation with nutrition. Smell: sweet like grass or musty. Nutrient profile: lower moisture feeds are more brittle, lignum is not digestible, sweeter is high in non-fiber carbs. Forages are alfalfa meal is a common forage. Non-starch carbs are beet pulp, wheat middling. Hay cubes: soaked is better because it is really easy to choke on them. Also adding water into the diet when you soak them.
