Straw Products

Rye Grass Straw
Baled following seed harvest, this high fiber, economically priced roughage is used as livestock feed. Rye Grass Straw, most popular with export beef industry users, is also gaining in popularity with dairy farmers.

Fescue Grass Straw
Fescue Grass Straw is also popular with dairy farmers in the export market and is successfully fed in the beef market. It has a coarser, longer stem compared to Rye. It is also considered very good, economically priced roughage.

Orchard Grass Straw
Like Rye and Fescue, Orchard Grass Straw is another very good roughage or filler. It has a coarser stem and is a popular source of fiber in the export market.

Blue Grass Straw
Blue Grass Straw is a high quality grass straw. It has the highest feed value of all grass straws and is popular in both domestic and export markets for dairy and beef cows.

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Alfalfa Provides Needed Fiber in Gestating Sow Diets

Can alfalfa hay be fed to pigs? Yes, however the amount that can be included in the diet depends on the nutritional quality of the alfalfa hay as well as the age and physiological status of the pigs. Unlike ruminant animals (cattle, sheep, and goats) that have four-chambered...Read More

Anderson Hay Featured in Department of Commerce Videos

Anderson Hay & Grain Co., Inc. is honored to be a part of a new video series developed by the Washington State Department of Commerce. As the leading exporter of hay and straw products, Anderson Hay was asked to be featured in ‘Export Washington’. This series of short...Read More

Move from feeding your horse hay to grazing pasture safely

Recent warm days along with abundant rainfall have caused pasture grasses in the Pacific Northwest to explode into a lush green carpet. During the long, cold, and dreary winter, horse owners look forward to spring. Since most horse owners remove their horses from pasture...Read More

Your hay may need to be supplemented with Selenium

Forages grown in the Pacific Northwest may be deficient in the trace element selenium. Selenium is a trace element that is essential in the diets of all farm animals. Unfortunately, the soils in the Pacific Northwest contain little to no selenium. Generally, if the soil is selenium...Read More