Hay is just dried grass—but not just any grass. Think of it as a carefully curated salad bar for animals, made from plants like timothy, alfalfa, or oat grass. These aren’t your lawn’s scraggly weeds; they’re champion grasses bred for flavor and nutrition.
Farmers cut these plants while they’re still green and growing, before they go to seed. Why? Because that’s when they’re packed with the most protein and sugar—like a vegetable in its prime. If they waited too long, the stems would get tough and woody, and nobody wants a mouthful of twigs. Right?
