Hay cubes/hay extenders

[Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>]

My favorite product, Alfa-Maize, is coming back on the market! It is
basically the whole corn plant ground up with a bit of alfalfa and pressed
into a cube(sort of like dehydrated corn silage). The company went bankrupt
last year and didn't make any but this year a new group, Ontario Dehy, Inc
is making it again. Call 1-877-289-3349 for a dealer in your area. They are
calling it Alfalfa Maize.
It can be fed dry-we've had only one really greedy eater choke on it, but I
feed it to my guys wet-just cover the cubes in water for 5 minutes and you
have a wonderful mush. We used it as the ONLY source of roughage for
several research projects both with young horses and old ones.Horses looked
great and remained in good health, but I warn you, they did turn into
termites! I definitely do not recommend it as the only thing to chew on if
at all possible if you value your barn!

Sarah and Fling (and Charlie, my 32 year old who LOVES his alfa-maize cubes)
Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, dACVN
Associate Professor
Department of Animal Science
Bartlett Hall, room 209
Cook College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
84 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

E-mail: Ralston@aesop.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-9404
Fax: 732-932-6996


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