Cooperative Extension Service

308 Tanana Loop, Room 101
P.O. Box 756180
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6180


Phone: 907-474-5211
Fax: 907-474-2631
e-mail: cesweb@alaska.edu

Individual Publication

Hay Buying Guide

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Publication Number: FGV-00145A

Author/Sponsor: Milan Shipka

Price: FREE

Short Description:
This guide provides extensive information on the evaluation of Alaskan hay crops with the purchaser in mind. The guide briefly covers species, and then moves on to methods of crop evaluation that include weight, color, maturity, varieties, impurities, molds, packaging and chemical analysis. Also included are helpful equations and a hay buyer’s checklist.