Hay and Straw A Hay-stack of Facts for Farmers and Breeders

... 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - The difference between hay and straw 4:06 - Hay and straw as garden mulch 7:55 - Disclaimers and Safety considerations. I think a lot of people use the word hay to describe straw, and vice versa, not realizing there is a difference. Hay is planted and harvested by ... Straw is the stalk of a cereal grain crop such as oats, barley, rye or wheat. Straw must be seeded annually while hay is a perennial grass crop. HAY! Straws® are independently lab tested as gluten-free. Our Original HAY! Straw is made from wheat stems and does not contain wheat grain. All Jumbo, reed ... Hay holds nutritional value and is used as feed for cattle, horses and other farm animals, while straw is a by-product of hay that is composed of dried grain ... While hay is a common feed for farm animals, straw is the preferred choice for vegetable gardens due to its seedless nature. Straw, a byproduct ... Straw is the stubble that is left after farmers harvest grains from plants like wheat, oats and rye. Farmers and ranchers use most straw for ... Because straw stalks are left to completely dry out before being cut, the bales have much less moisture than hay bales. High moisture content in ... Hay is dry grass that is fed to sheep and other livestock, and straw is used for bedding material on farms (the animals don't eat it). The only difference between hay and straw is the time that they are harvested. Hay will be greener. It is green growies (grass, clover, alfalfa) cut and dried ...