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From Farmers To Farmers

Export forage material that meets and exceeds the highest quality expectations, grown and harvested with care by farmers delivered to farmers.

Fescue Straw

Fescue straw is a versatile, palatable straw for feeding. It has one of the highest feed values of straw.

Fescue – Festuca arundinacea

There are over 300 species of grass within the genus Festuca.

Fescue is harvested early through late season with first shipments of new crop usually available mid July. We bale our fescue within days of combining to ensure the freshest and greenest product possible. Fescue is the product Farmers Direct carries the most of.

Fescue is a plant that has the potential for Endophytes. We randomly sample our fields to ensure there is no endophyte issues.

See link for more details. http://oregonstate.edu/endophyte-lab/files/ext-pub-nov-2016.pdf

Perennial Ryegrass Straw

Much like fescue staw, perennial ryegrass straw is also a versatile palatable straw. It is finer stemmed than fescue and typically lighter in color.

Lolium perenne

Perennial ryegrass is harvested late season with first shipments of new crop usually available early August.

Color of perennial varies widely from different regions around the Willamette Valley, so we can offer anything from blonde to green if requested.

Perennial typically has the shortest and finest stems of all the grasses. Perennial is also a plant with a potential for endophytes. We randomly sample perennial fields for endophytes.

We also work closely with growers and verify our perennial is clopyralid free.

Annual Ryegrass Straw

Annual ryegrass straw is a soft feed with typically lower feed value than fescue or perennial rygrass straw. It is a great source of fiber.

Festuca perennis

Annual ryegrass is harvested early season with first shipments of new crop usually available early July.

There is little to no concern regarding endophytes in annual ryegrass.

Annual stems can vary in length and width but are typically mid to wide stem width and mid to long stem length.

While the seed is used for quickly greening up lawns and grassy areas, the straw harvested is a golden yellow color with little to no green.

Orchard Grass Straw

Orchard Grass Straw is commonly known as cock’s-foot or cat grass and is commonly grown for hay and pastures as feed for animals.

Dactylis glomerata

Also commonly known as cock’s-foot or cat grass.

Orchard grass is harvested early to mid season and the first shipments are usually available mid to late July.

There is little to no concern regarding endophytes in orchard grass straw. Orchard grass is commonly grown for hay and pastures as feed for animals.

Orchard grass straw has a coarse mid length stem. The color of orchard grass straw varies the most year to year of all the straws from green to yellow to brown.

Farmers Direct has limited quantities of orchard grass straw.

Alfalfa

Alfalfa is the highest feed value feed that we offer. It is all plush green with great leaf retention.

Medicago sativa

Alfalfa is not a grass, but in fact a perennial flowering legume.

Our alfalfa comes from the famed Christmas Valley in Oregon. 1st cut is usually available in June, with 2nd cut available in July or August.

Farmers Direct works closely with growers to hand select the highest quality alfalfa stacks.

We do not have consistent volume year to year so make sure to inquire early.

Timothy Hay

Timothy Hay is a great all around feed with a high feed value. Select only the highest quality timothy for export.

Phleum pratense

Timothy hay is also commonly known as meadow cat’s tail or common cat’s tail.

Our timothy hay comes from the famed Christmas Valley in Oregon. The new crop timothy hay is usually available in mid to late July.

Farmers Direct works closely with growers to hand select the highest quality timothy hay stacks.

We do not have consistent volume year to year so make sure to inquire early.

Hazelnuts

We are excited to add Hazelnuts to our global products line.  Grown and harvested by Farmers Direct with Farmer Direct’s quality standards applied from planting through delivery to your great recipes.

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