Horse Master Hay

Horse Master Hay
Grass for hay or haylage
•Grass for hay or haylage
•The healthiest grass for your horse
•High grass yields
•Horse Master Hay versus natural hay
Grass for hay or silage
Hay or haylage is an important part of your horse’s rations. At least 60% of its ration must consist of
roughage. The rations of horses with low energy needs may even consist entirely of roughage. Horse
Master Hay was developed specially for the production of hay and silage. It consists of grasses that are
suitable for horses while simultaneously ensuring high grass yields.
Horse Master Hay is only suitable for hay fields. Horse Master Hay pastures cannot be used for
grazing.
The healthiest grass for your horse
Horse Master Hay yields hay with an excellent effective fibre content and a good feed value. The
grasses contained in Horse Master Hay were specifically selected for use by horses. Varieties with a
low fructan content were specially developed for this mixture. A low fructan content in roughage is
important for preventing health problems such as laminitis.
Horses must chew their roughage well to ensure optimum performance of their stomach and intestines.
That’s why Horse Master Hay consists of grass species with a high effective fibre content, such as
cocksfoot and tall fescue. The grass species timothy contained in the seed mixture makes the grass extra
palatable. Horse Master Hay yields the healthiest, most palatable roughage for horses.
Tremendously high hay yields
A Horse Master Hay pasture will yield on average between 10 and 12 tonnes of hay per hectare.
Much higher yields have actually been observed in practice. The mixture is specially composed to
ensure that it will produce well on many different types of soil. Even in dry areas the pastures will
produce large amounts of grass - up to 30% more than standard cattle grass. A well-managed Horse
Master Hay pasture may last for more than five years.
Horse Master Hay versus natural hay
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Natural hay tends to be regarded as healthy. However, this is not the case in practice. Natural hay
comes from unfertilised land. Grass that is not fertilised has an unbalanced composition. The addition of
nitrogen (N) causes grass plants to produce protein. If grass is given insufficient nitrogen for the
production of protein it will form fructan, resulting in hay with a high fructan content that is unsuitable for
use as horse fodder. Natural hay also involves the risk of it containing poisonous weeds such as
ragwort.
Horse Master Hay pastures contain a constant range of grasses that yield predictable results under the
right management, securing the quality of your horse’s roughage. This is very uncertain in the case of
natural hay.
Composition:
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