Close-up image of 2025 1st Cutting Western Alfalfa Hay with high leaf content and soft green texture.

1st Cutting Western Alfalfa Hay - Small Bale

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Nutrition Info:

*** Average As Fed ***

  • Crude Protein: 16.83%
  • Digestible Energy: 1.08 Mcal/lb
  • Starch: 1.20%
  • NSC: 9.61%
  • ESC: 4.66%

1st Cutting Western Alfalfa Hay – Leafy, Lush, and Loaded with Nutrition

Our 2025 Western Alfalfa is fresh off the plains of Colorado—where some of the country’s most beautiful hay is grown. This 1st cutting is leafy, vibrant green, and packs the nutrition your horses need!

With a high leaf-to-stem ratio and excellent aroma, this hay is ideal for horses needing extra protein and energy without excess sugar. Its lower NSC makes it a smart choice for those managing sugar intake, while still providing plenty of fuel for growing, working, or harder-keeping horses.

  • Premium Western alfalfa grown in the Colorado plains
  • High leaf-to-stem ratio
  • Extremely green, clean, and fragrant
  • Well-balanced energy and protein for performance or growth
  • Consistent texture and excellent palatability

This hay is lab tested and verified, ensuring your animals get the nutrition they need without the guesswork.

Ready to optimize your horse's diet?

Call and say hay--we’ll help you decide if this is the right fit for your feeding program.

Recommended For These Categories:

  • 🔥 High Octane – High calorie high protein
  • 🍼 Baby Hay – Contains alfalfa and strong mineral ratios
  • 🍃 Low NSC – NSC right around 10%, great for sugar-sensitive horses

Bale Size:

Small Bale, 50-52 lbs; 21 bale bundles

At Sweet Grass Farms we offer several shipping options:

  • Local Delivery within 150 air miles of Taylors/Tigerville, SC
  • Semi-Loads and 1/2 Semi-Loads anywhere in the Continental United States.
  • Local Pick-Up in Tigerville/Taylors, SC

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Testimonials

★★★★★

I love this company and their hay! They worked so hard and diligently to find us the right hay for a variety of equines at our sanctuary and even found it at a discounted price for us. They are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. We now have better hay with less waste and at a better price. We couldn't be happier with Sweet Grass!

Karuna Chillemi
Union Mills, NC
★★★★★

We love this family and their hay! We have an entire semi load and every bale is so consistent, it’s unbelievable. Best part is they used their skid loader and we didn’t touch a bale. 800 beautiful bales and we just watched our barn fill up. How wonderful is that?! We just foaled out our first crop of foals on this hay as well. And when Momma and baby look this good 2 weeks post birth? I couldn’t be happier! Thank you!

Hannah Jungling
Aiken, SC
★★★★★

Finding good, clean, tested hay, sold by reputable people is a feat!! So thank you for making it easy!!

Elizabeth Blaidsell
Ocala, FL
★★★★★

These are the kindest, most caring, and hard working people! You can not find a hay source that cares more about your animals health than Nicole and Alvin. AND Alvin is a magician with his bob cat to help you get the most hay you can in your storage!

Natalie Li
Aiken, SC
★★★★★

We have two quarter horses. One is an easy keeper and the other can be difficult to keep from going hangry. I found Nicole and Alvin on Facebook, and the hay quality did NOT disappoint. Well versed in dietary needs and feeding schedules, they both went above and beyond explaining what they would do to help keep our horses happy, healthy, and fed PROPERLY. Highly recommend this sweet family for all your quality hay needs!

Leah Humphries
Taylors, SC
★★★★★

Tyler's recovery would not be where it is today had we not met Nicole and Alvin of Sweet Grass Farms, lifesaving for us in helping develop a forage based nutritional plan for both of them. We are grainfree.....but with superb quality tested hay low in NSC.

Kay Mott
Greer, SC

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