Average Analysis of Hays and Greenfeeds: Native, Native slough, Oats, Orchardgrass

The contribution of the feedname forage (or crop name) was at least 90% for hay samples .Means, Standard Deviation and number of samples for Years 1984-1994 Except for moisture, all values are on a dry matter basis

	NATIVE			NATIVE SLOUGH			OATS			ORCHARDGRASS
	Mean	S.D.	N	Mean	S.D.	N	Mean	S.D.	N	Mean	S.D.	N
Moisture %	11.5	4.6	176	12.7	4.5	168	14.6	4.5	2232	12.3	4.7	31
Protein %	8.4	2.9	173	8.9	2.0	164	10.0	3.0	1966	12.9	4.8	30
Calcium %	0.48	0.24	172	0.46	0.23	155	0.41	0.28	1957	0.51	0.24	30
Phosphorus %	0.13	0.06	172	0.14	0.05	157	0.21	0.06	1968	0.21	0.08	30
Acid Det. Fibre %	36.0	7.0	175	36.0	4.7	165	32.0	9.2	2046	31.9	7.5	30
Selenium mg/kg	0.17	0.20	74	0.09	0.13	47	0.22	0.35	356	0.30	0.30	7
Sulphur %	0.15	0.05	28	0.17	0.06	16	0.22	0.07	103	0.29	0.04	5
Neutral Det. Fibre %	72.5	4.3	4	-	-	0	-	-	0	59.0	-	1
Lignin %	4.6	1.3	4	-	-	0	-	-	0	3.7	-	1
Iron mg/kg	161	146	33	359	706	29	178	212	179	168	96	6
Copper mg/kg	7.7	10.4	57	5.0	2.8	35	6.1	8.6	227	7.1	2.1	7
Manganese mg/kg	53	39	57	427	814	33	55	28	220	93	55	8
Zinc mg/kg	21	8	57	31	11	35	25	11	227	26	8	7
Magnesium %	0.14	0.07	56	0.18	0.06	32	0.30	1.42	208	0.29	0.10	7
Potassium %	1.03	0.48	56	1.29	0.34	32	1.82	1.41	205	1.89	0.30	7
Sodium mg/kg	32	114	44	80	138	26	970	1361	176	312	531	6
Molybdenum mg/kg	2.0	1.6	20	1.3	1.2	21	2.2	2.0	98	1.8	0.9	3
Cobalt mg/kg	1.3	1.7	17	3.3	8.9	13	1.8	2.0	83	0.3	0.0	2

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This information published to the web on April 26, 1996.
Last Reviewed/Revised on May 1, 2017.