![USDA Certified Organic Alfalfa forage options for horses](https://images.standlee.com/blog/featured/organic_alfalfa.jpg?auto=format&w=1340&h=484&fit=crop&q=50)
Are you looking for a USDA Certified Organic Alfalfa forage option for your animals?
Are you looking for a USDA Certified Organic Alfalfa forage option for your animals? Organic Alfalfa can be utilized in any diet that currently includes alfalfa. If your preference is “organic” or your livestock herd is involved in a program that requires organic feed, Standlee Premium Western Forage® is proud to offer you that choice. Standlee Forage® has two organic products to offer that...
![How Compressed Forage Bales Can Help Your Feeding Program](https://images.standlee.com/blog/featured/horse_eating_bales.jpg?auto=format&w=1340&h=484&fit=crop&q=50)
How Compressed Forage Bales Can Help Your Feeding Program
Have you seen Standlee Premium Western Forage’s Premium Alfalfa Grab & Go Compressed Bales in your local feed store? They’re wrapped in plastic and might look a bit smaller than your average hay bale, but if you pick one of these bales up, you’ll quickly find they’re plenty dense. In fact, we create these bales by compressing a 4’x4’x8’ bale into a size that’s much more convenient. What are...
![Winter Feeding Easy Keeper and Hard Keeper Horses](https://images.standlee.com/blog/featured/winter_horse_breathing.jpg?auto=format&w=1340&h=484&fit=crop&q=50)
Winter Feeding Easy Keeper and Hard Keeper Horses
Winter seems so far away, but it is just around the corner. Are you ready? Is your horse ready? In the next couple of months, understanding “Lower Critical Temperature (LCT)” will be important for caring and feeding your horse(s) properly. LCT is the temperature below which metabolic heat production must be increased to maintain body temperature. For mature horses, their LCT will fall around 5°F...
![Feeding Goats: What you need to know about forages and winter](https://images.standlee.com/blog/featured/goats_grazing.jpg?auto=format&w=1340&h=484&fit=crop&q=50)
Feeding Goats: What you need to know about forages and winter
Goats are ruminant animals who eat plants and digest them through a four-compartment stomach. They are more like deer regarding nutrition, than they are to sheep or cattle, which eat a lot of grass. Goats are well-known for their ability to forage on anything from fresh grass to woody shrubs. They are browsers versus grazers (for example, cattle, sheep, and horses are grazing species). For this...
![Is Your Forage Forest Friendly?](https://images.standlee.com/blog/featured/forest_friendly_forage.jpg?auto=format&w=1340&h=484&fit=crop&q=50)
Is Your Forage Forest Friendly?
Standlee Premium Western Forage® offers several Certified noxious weed free forage options. “Certified” means that a forage product is free of any noxious weeds. A majority of Certified noxious weed free forage programs are based on weed free forage standards set by the North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA). NAISMA provides a list of noxious weeds found in North America,...