The High Fibre Ryegrass Haylage is made from specially selected Italian Ryegrasses which are only cut once the seed heads are fully developed and the crop has a high fibre content, quality protein levels and medium energy levels.
Devon Haylage High Fibre Ryegrass has an incredible smell which appeals to the most fussy of eaters, encouraging intake to maintain condition. High Fibre Ryegrass is suitable for all classes of horse and pony but particularly those in hard work and should be fed to replace the hay ration. Devon Haylage has a superb hygienic quality and so will benefit those suffering from respiratory conditions. The fermentation process ensures sugar levels are under 10%.
Many horses unless in very hard work or poor-doers could have their hard feed ration significantly reduced or removed completely.
The combined ESC and starch figure from the 'as fed' column is the important value to consider when choosing forage for laminitics or Cushings sufferers etc. All of our haylages have a combined sugar and starch value of less then 10% and so are safe choices.
| Nutritional Quality | High Fibre Ryegrass | Timothy | Timothy Mix | Native Grass and Herb Mix | ||||
| Dry Matter | 67.8% | 75.2% | 70.3% | 70.2% | ||||
| Dry Matter Basis | As Fed Basis | Dry Matter Basis | As Fed Basis | Dry Matter Basis | As Fed Basis | Dry Matter Basis | As Fed Basis | |
| Digestible Energy | 9.21 MJ/kg | 6.24 MJ/kg | 8.33 MJ/kg | 6.3MJ/kg | 9.13 MJ/kg | 6.4 MJ/kg | 8.75 MJ/kg | 6.1 MJ/kg |
| Crude Protein | 8% | 5.4% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 8.6% | 6% | 8% | 5.6% |
| Estimated Lysine | 0.28% | 0.2% | 0.25% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.28% | 0.2% |
| Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF) | 36.9% | 25% | 42.1% | 31.7% | 37.5% | 26.4% | 40% | 28% |
| Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) | 59.3% | 40% | 67.2% | 50.5% | 60% | 42% | 63.2% | 44.4% |
| Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC) | 22.5% | 15.3% | 13% | 9.8% | 19.2% | 13.5% | 14.9% | 10.5% |
| Ethanol Soluble Carbohydrates (ESC) SUGAR | 11.5% | 7.8% | 8.3% | 6.2% | 9.8% | 6.9% | 8% | 5.6% |
| Starch | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Non-Fibre Carbohydrates (NFC) | 23.5% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 12.4% | 22.2% | 15.6% | 19.7% | 13.8% |
| % Nitrate | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.02% |