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Orchard Grass Pellets
100% sun-cured orchard grass, a soft, palatable grass hay, pressed into a clean, highly digestible pellet.
As sampled, from the bag.
Why horse owners choose it
A palatable grass forage, with nothing added
Palatable grass hay
Orchard grass is a soft, leafy grass that horses readily eat, with moderate protein at 12.2% as sampled.
All natural
100% sun-cured orchard grass hay. No bentonite, binders, or fillers.
Replaces loose hay
Pellets can completely replace loose hay or supplement pasture, for horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and rabbits. Approved for state and federal lands (U.S. Forest Service certified, claim #04-00-058).
Nutrition and feeding
What’s in the bag, and how much to feed
Guaranteed analysis
| Crude protein | min 9.0% |
| Crude fat | min 2.0% |
| Crude fiber | max 30.0% |
| Calcium | 0.25–0.7% |
| Phosphorus | min 0.10% |
| Sodium | max 0.4% |
Ingredients: Orchard grass hay. No binders, no bentonite, no fillers.
Feeding guide
Orchard grass pellets can completely replace the forage in your horse’s diet. Feed 1.5% to 2% of body weight in total feed per day.
Example: a 1,000 lb horse needs 15–20 lb of total feed a day, about 3 lb of supplemental feed plus 12–17 lb of orchard grass pellets. Adjust to your horse’s condition, and always provide fresh water.
Full lab report
| Component | As sampled | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Moisture % | 6.1 | |
| Dry matter % | 93.9 | |
| Crude protein % | 11.6 | 12.4 |
| Available protein % | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| ADICP % | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Adjusted crude protein % | 11.6 | 12.4 |
| Soluble protein % CP | 34 | |
| Degradable protein % CP | 69 | |
| NDICP % | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| ADF % | 31.7 | 33.7 |
| aNDF % | 49.4 | 52.6 |
| Lignin % | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| NFC % | 18.7 | 19.9 |
| Starch % | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| WSC (water-soluble carbs) % | 14.5 | 15.4 |
| ESC (simple sugars) % | 5.6 | 6.0 |
| Crude fat % | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| Ash % | 10.72 | 11.41 |
| TDN % | 57 | 61 |
| NEL, Mcal/lb | 0.56 | 0.59 |
| NEM, Mcal/lb | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| NEG, Mcal/lb | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Relative feed value | 111 | |
| Calcium % | 0.48 | 0.51 |
| Phosphorus % | 0.32 | 0.34 |
| Magnesium % | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Potassium % | 2.68 | 2.85 |
| Sulfur % | 0.27 | 0.29 |
| Chloride ion % | 1.14 | 1.21 |
| Lysine % | 0.40 | 0.43 |
| Methionine % | 0.15 | 0.16 |
| Horse DE, Mcal/lb | 0.92 | 0.98 |
Tested by Dairy One Forage Testing Laboratory, 1/10/24. The bag’s “as sampled” values above come from the most recent sampling.
Energy
| Mcal/lb | Mcal/kg | |
|---|---|---|
| DE, 1X | 1.22 | 2.70 |
| ME, 1X | 1.03 | 2.28 |
| NEL, 3X | 0.59 | 1.29 |
| NEM, 3X | 0.61 | 1.35 |
| NEG, 3X | 0.35 | 0.77 |
| TDN 1X, % | 61 |
Find orchard grass pellets near you
Carried by 270+ feed stores across the West. Stock varies, so call ahead, and if it isn’t on the shelf, ask the store to order it in.
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