A little more stalky orchard grass than alfalfa and quite dusty but the natural alfalfa in hay barns are so stalky right now that this will do. The horses are rejecting Texas Bermuda and alfalfa 2 string bales and will eat this compressed forage. Be careful to weigh your portions so you don’t overfeed and some may choose to soak flakes due to dust. Frankly, all the Standlee compressed bales are dusty and my recent purchase of the Alfalfa compressed bales consisted of browner, stalkier mix versus prior satisfactory orders of nice green forage, even if dusty. I’ll be watching to see if Standlee is starting to cheat on their all alfalfa compressed bales by mixing too much of Timothy or Orchard long stalks in with a supposedly 100% alfalfa bale. I suggest you cut one open upon your pick up at Tractor Supply. I took pictures and will be keeping a log. I have seniors who can’t masticate the stalks that’s why I am particular about my alfalfa. I’ve had some misunderstandings this past month with online ordering and its complexities including: your online order may suddenly be cancelled because the stock count is not good at the store or the clerk sells your item to a retail customer; there are “in stock” items, feed truck delivery items and some which come special order Fed X. All three have different pick up rules and deadlines. I’ve had to use customer service twice this month to get orders straightened out. Dakota and Patrick are two excellent reps in customer service HOWEVER their web master needs to figure out how to keep the online customer informed and the deliveries/deadlines fully notified by text for each method of purchase whether “in stock,” “coming on this week’s feed truck,” or “special order handled by Fed X.”

Decent hay Too expensive

Ponies like it just fine.

It’s really fresh