Hay Crop

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Hay Crop

• By Wes and AJ

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Value of the Hay

• 4 commodity grown in Oregon
• Value of the hay for all of Oregon is 459,840,000
  million.
• 600,000 acres of Oregon is hay.
• In union county we harvest 38,000 acres.

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Why hay is important

• To feed animals
• Farmers can grow it and sell it for money.

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How to grow Hay

• First you plant seeds in rows.
• Second water it every day.
• Third swath for first cut.
• Then repeat the process again for second cut.

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Different types of Hay

• Kentucky blue grass hay
• Grass hay
• Alfalfa hay
• Barley
• Wheat
• Straw hay
• Fescue hay

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Where the hay is mostly grown

• Most of the hay is grown in southern Oregon.
• And some is grown in the Umatilla county and
  union county.

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The most producing county of hay in Oregon

• Southern Central
• Eastern Oregon
• Willamette Valley

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The five products made from this product

• Alfalfa pellets
• Mulch
• Instillation
• Grow mushrooms out of straw hay
• Cattle feed