Up to 2010, we were planting oats, harvesting grain, and baling straw, both small squares, and 5'-0" round bales, over 150 acres worth.
Grain went to a feed supplier south of here, small squares I am not sure, rounds to a large dairy operation north of here, for mixing in the feed as roughage.
Its ironic, horse owners don't seem interested in clean oat straw bedding, say they eat it, not sure about colic issues, so where the small squares went,I believe they guy buying was doubling his money selling at a feed store, it all went off the field, clean weed free straw sells and it gets better money than hay.
I have no idea, but I have fed oat hay sparingly, when there is half a wagon and he switches over to hay, no trouble with it, just like better quality hay.
Remembering years back,none of the grains harvested here, wheat, oats, were in need of drying, it was dry on the stalk, harvest and put it up as is.
Aside from oat straw, and possibly other types with miscellaneous grain left on it, I've never really seen horses interested in straw, we feed the best hay we can find, or whatever is available, I can put more weight on a horse in a short time with a good 2nd cut than anything else, I won't do it with grain, gets em way too hard to handle or deal with, but that 2nd cut, I always kept aside for times when it was needed, like winter, have to remind the help that is what its there for, ration it as needed, then use it up once new hay is available.
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