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<blockquote data-quote="cjmc" data-source="post: 1544637" data-attributes="member: 27842"><p>NDF is a measure of how "woody" a plant is. We use it to predict intake because it causes bulk or gut fill. Typically good alfalfa hay is about 40% NDF. If I were you I wouldn't worry about NDF too much, it's typically not an issue, the equation nutritionists use would say a 1,200 lb cows could eat 24 pounds of this hay. Last note, its 60% TDN hay not 55 always look at the numbers on a dry basis (water is diluting the nutrients on an as fed basis).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjmc, post: 1544637, member: 27842"] NDF is a measure of how "woody" a plant is. We use it to predict intake because it causes bulk or gut fill. Typically good alfalfa hay is about 40% NDF. If I were you I wouldn't worry about NDF too much, it's typically not an issue, the equation nutritionists use would say a 1,200 lb cows could eat 24 pounds of this hay. Last note, its 60% TDN hay not 55 always look at the numbers on a dry basis (water is diluting the nutrients on an as fed basis). [/QUOTE]
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