tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889412391658819379.post4167944560837183261..comments2023-10-28T04:38:36.290-07:00Comments on Food for Founder: Hay HunterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889412391658819379.post-80063179190566794982008-09-02T13:16:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:16:00.000-07:00I feel lucky to have been befriended by a lady who...I feel lucky to have been befriended by a lady who works at Unifeed, which tests most the dairy hay in these parts. They start with a near-infrared scan (NIR) and will move onto wet chemistry analysis via whatever lab will get the results fastest -- often Dairy One. I will know from today's NIR test whether the hay is worth considering...dphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072031429438530210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889412391658819379.post-83451307421081971812008-09-02T05:47:00.000-07:002008-09-02T05:47:00.000-07:00Wow. I sympathize with you about the calling stra...Wow. I sympathize with you about the calling strangers and asking weird questions. I can't even imagine the long awkward silences I'd get if I called around <I>here</I> looking for low NSC hay. Our growers, AFAIK, are not educated about the subtleties of hay composition.<BR/><BR/>How do you get your hay tested? Mail it off to Dairy One like everybody in the US seems to, or do you have a local company that can analyze it?Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.com