Description
Premium forage alternative to lucerne and grass, rich in natural
minerals and trace elements.
- Very palatable
Suitable For
- Pregnant mares
- Foals and youngstock
- Competition horses
- Older horses
- Lucerne allergies
Sainfoin is a premium forage alternative to lucerne and grass. Known as ‘healthy hay’, Sainfoin has long been recognised for its many benefits.
Our Sainfoin is rich in natural minerals and trace elements. They are a good source of condensed tannins, which aid digestion of protein. Sainfoin is suitable for all horses, and can be very beneficial when fed with hay and grass as a nutritious alternative and to add a variety of flavour.
Brand
Simple Systems
Feeding Rate
As with any new feed, introduce gradually over a week.
Sainfoin Pellets are ideally fed soaked. If appropriate, feed singly as treats or mixed with twice their volume of soaked PuraBeet or twice their volume of chop and well dampened. Use as part of the forage ration or in addition.
Start with 100g per 100kg of bodyweight per day, increase as required up to a maximum of 5kg per day. For example, for a 500kg horse start with 500g per day (dry weight, before soaking) and increase as required.
Feed according to requirement & condition.
A level Stubbs bowl scoop = 1.5kg (dry weight) approximately
Ingredients
100% pure Sainfoin
Nutrients
All products are natural and seasonal variations can occur, the packaging of each product will detail the typical analysis which is relevant to the batch/cut within the bag. Below are this product’s specification ranges to give an indication of the seasonal variations that can occur for this product.
Specification Ranges
| Crude Fat (Oil) % | 2-4 | % | |
| Crude Ash % | 6-9 | % | |
| Crude Protein % | 11-16 | % | |
| Crude Fibre % | 20-30 | % | |
| Sugar % | <8 | % | |
| Starch % | <6 | % | |
| Digestible Energy | Medium | 9 – 10 | MJ/kg |
Vitamins & Minerals
We do not add vitamins as the forages themselves have them naturally occurring, often in their precursor form. We have averaged the analysis of different batches for this product to provide the following vitamin & mineral figures.
Major Minerals
| Calcium % | 1.58 |
| Phosphorus % | 0.22 |
| Sodium % | 0.1 |
| Potassium % | 2 |
| Magnesium % | 0.17 |
| Chloride % | 0.38 |
| Sulphur % | 0.16 |
Minor Minerals
| Copper mg/kg | 6 |
| Manganese mg/kg | 15 |
| Zinc mg/kg | 23 |
| Iron mg/kg | 212 |
| Selenium mg/kg | 0.28 |
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