Today myself and two other women traveled 30 miles to get 100 bales of the most gorgeous Orchardgrass I have ever seen. The farmer who grew it helped us load it from the field. I found him as a new (to me) local hay supplier last winter. He grows Orchardgrass and Bermuda--and a lot of it! I have tested it for it's nutritional value and it is top quality hay and tests under the recommended NSC level of 10%. The senior horses absolutely love it as it is very soft and tasty. Over the coming months I will be purchasing 200 more Orchardgrass bales and 100 Bermuda bales from him to satisfy my senior residents thru the winter. This is in addition to the 300 bales of other grass hay I have already put up!! You can imagine the cost of buying and feeding this much hay! Well I am not willing to sacrifice quality for quantity when it comes to the older horses--in my opinion they deserve the very best I can give them :)
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