>>> OK - we would call that long straw. It's not used as a feed stuff over >>> here - in fact I think it's only used for thatching. I would have thought >>> it >>> would make a very pretty energy feed, with the grain still attached. Often >>> people here with big horses have problems with choke if they feed straw, >>> though I've never had that with the Icelandics.
No, it's not straw at all because it's cut while it's growing and it's still green. Straw is what's left over after the seed heads are cut. Some of the oat hay I've seen doesn't have as much in the way of heads as I thought it would - it was cut before the heads fully formed. Karen Thomas, NC
