Roughages used as animal feeds

(nutrient values on "as-fed" basis)*

dry matter total digestible nutrients protein fat crude fibre

Dry (hay)

alfalfa hay, midbloom 91.0 52.2 17.0 3.3 25.5

Bermuda grass, late vegetative 91.0 44.6 7.1 2.5 29.0

brome, smooth hay, midbloom 88.0 49.3 8.8 1.9 29.0

clover, Ladino 89.0 53.4 19.9 2.4 18.5

oat hay 91.0 48.2 8.6 2.2 29.1

peanut hay 90.7 44.7 9.9 3.3 30.3

sorghum (Sudan grass) hay 91.1 50.9 10.9 1.6 26.2

soybean hay 89.1 47.7 14.1 2.2 30.6

timothy hay, midbloom 88.9 52.5 8.6 2.3 30.0

Green (fresh)

alfalfa, fresh 26.0 15.9 5.3 1.0 6.0

Bermuda grass 28.9 17.8 4.2 0.6 7.7

brome, smooth 36.0 21.7 4.2 1.0 11.0

clover, Ladino 17.7 13.8 4.4 0.8 2.5

fescue 28.4 17.6 3.6 1.1 8.5

orchard grass 22.6 15.1 5.7 1.1 5.7

rape 16.7 11.3 2.9 0.6 2.5

ryegrass 26.6 16.9 3.0 1.3 6.7

Silages

alfalfa silage, midbloom 38.0 22.0 6.5 1.2 12.7

corn silage, 35% grain 33.0 22.8 2.8 0.9 7.2

sorghum silage 30.0 18.0 2.8 0.8 7.3

soybean silage 30.2 16.2 5.2 0.8 9.0

timothy silage 33.5 19.9 4.0 1.1 11.7

*"As-fed" basis is the nutrient concentration in the material as presented to the animal. Multiplying the as-fed value by the dry matter percentage will convert the nutrients to a dry matter basis.