The Quality and Testing topic area includes information on the capacity of a forage to supply animal nutrient requirements. This includes: acceptability (palatability), chemical composition, and nutrient digestibility. Subtopic areas include forage composition, factors affecting quality, hay sampling and testing, and laboratory and visual evaluation.

Factors affecting forage quality

The Quality and Testing topic area includes information on the capacity of a forage to supply animal nutrient requirements. This includes: acceptability (palatability), chemical composition, and nutrient digestibility. Subtopic areas include forage composition, factors affecting quality, hay sampling and testing, and laboratory and visual evaluation.

How to make high quality hay

Quality Evaluations

(How do you test for high quality hay?)