Wheat Hay

Wheat Hay: Cattle Love It

W heat hay, if harvested right, can fit the bill as a palatable beef cattle feed, just like it does for stockers and other cattle in winter grazing programs.

Wheat hay, if harvested right, can fit the bill, just like it does for stockers and other cattle in winter grazing programs. “The cattle love it. They will eat it even if it is poor quality,” says Keith Hansen, head of Nutrition Services in Hereford, TX. Hansen, whose company services some 140 feedyards with a 2-million-plus capacity, sees wheat hay as a quality forage for all cattle. The highest quality hay can have an 18% protein count, is very palatable, with a sweet taste that cattle like.

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