Hay production

Hay productionWhat is hay?Grass, legumes or other herbaceous plantscut, dried and storedGrazing animals: cattles, horses, pets etc Used when:

not enough pasture grazing is unavailable due to weather lush pasture by itself is too richHow can we make hay?Multiple step process: cutting, drying or "curing", processing and storing

Done by hand or by modern mechanized equipment

Must be cut at proper stage of maturity

1. It is cut

Methods:-mechanically-manually2.It is left to dry

Methods of drying:-mechanical (tedder, rakes, crushed)-chemical (potassium carbonate, sodium corbonate)3. Gathered into bales or bundles

4. Transported

5. Stored

ShedHaystackBarn

6. Coservation* (salt)

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