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Hay! It's First Cutting!

First cutting of alfalfa is in the barn! We have about 18 tons available of 2 string bales, approx 110 pounds per bale. No rain,...

Short water and tall grass

Water is on and we are working on our first cutting! However, we are on our fourth summer of water restrictions, and so we fallowed...

First Cutting Is Ready!

It's been a wild year so far, but our first cutting for alfalfa and grass is ready! Let us know what you need!

The Importance of Vitamin E

Did you know that as soon as standing hay is cut and starts to dry, it looses vitamin E? Vitamin E deficiency can cause serious health...

First Cutting Ahoy!

First cutting of grass and alfalfa are on the ground, and they turned out great. Good yields, and really pretty hay for a first cutting....

New Toys and Pretty Hay

Our stable of farm equipment just got bigger! Our new swather arrived last week, and we used it to cut our second cutting alfalfa....

High quality hay is the foundation of healthy horses

Horse health starts with high quality forage or hay. Pasture is best, but if you don't have access to enough irrigated pasture land,...

Growing season!

The alfalfa is coming up beautifully! Contact us to reserve your first cutting of either of our two premium horse hays.

Have a horse that is prone to founder?

Check out this fantastic post from the folks at ECIR. https://www.ecirhorse.org/ ECIR Group - Equine Cushings and Insulin Resistance...

Spring is here! Or so the calendar says...

It is now officially spring! Mother Nature has decided to celebrate by giving us rain showers to help our hay get a good start on...