What Is Pea Hay Used For

Residue from pea grain is useful as forage for beef cows. Field pea grown for forage is nutritious and palatable and can be harvested as hay or haylage. Forage pea often is grown in mixed stands with oats or barley and may have potential for double cropping.

Can you feed pea hay to horses?

Pea straw has low digestibility and quality, but would be usable provided it is mixed up to 50:50 with a good-quality grass hay or legume hay. Barley hay is suitable as an alternative forage for horses.

Is pea straw the same as hay?

What’s the difference between Pea Hay and Pea Straw? Pea Hay is cut prior to significant seeds becoming viable therefore leaving all the nutrients in the hay where Pea straw is cut and baled once t…