Quality & testing

Sampling

We core-sample with a bale probe across at least twenty bales per lot, composite the sample and send it for forage analysis. Lots are kept physically separate in the barn so the result stays attached to the hay it came from.

Crude protein

The headline number. Our grass hay typically runs 8–12%, with second and third cuttings at the top of that range. Higher is not automatically better — an easy keeper on rich hay will put on weight you don’t want.

Moisture

The one that decides whether hay keeps. Above roughly 15% in a small square and you risk mould and heating. We bale below 12% and store under cover, and we do not list a lot that reads high.

What we reject

• Rained-on windrows that bleached or lost leaf.
• Anything with visible mould, dust or a musty smell.
• Lots with weed or foreign material above trace levels.
• Bales that heated in the stack, whatever the probe says now.

Our guarantee

If a delivered lot does not match its published analysis, or arrives wet or mouldy, we replace it or refund it. Photograph it before unloading and contact us the same day.