The fed value between summer and winter crops is similar if the grain is in the same condition.
I find the comment about wheat straw kind of funny. I sold a lot of straw to horse people. They would not buy anything but wheat straw. They claimed the horses would eat oat and spelt straw. They would not buy it. Then here you don't want wheat straw.
I am really beginning to think the problem with horses feed is the wing nut that rides the horse not the horse. IF you ask ten horse "experts" you will get ten different reasons for ten different rations. If horses always where as poor of eaters/surviving then they would never have evolved. They would have joined the dinosaurs.
As for making a bin for you grain. You need a bin that has about 75 cubic feet of volume. 1/2 plywood would work IF you use plenty of framing so that the plywood is supported every 12-16 inches.
We have free standing plywood bins that are common for feed. They are four feet square and eight feet tall, with a flat bottom. The one side slopes in at a 45 degree angle. Starting at about three feet high and quits about one foot above the bottom. So you can shovel the grain out the bottom. They kind of look like a self feeder just taller in height. These bins just free stand on a solid surface. They have 2x4 in the corners and across them for the frame.
In your area are there any large type confinement feed setups??? Small hopper type steel feed bins that would hold a ton of feed can be boughten used here for $100-150.
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