Beef fed with hay and vegetables

[nielsz1972]

I bought some beef from a local farmer.
In the winter season his animals were fed with hay(90%) and some vegetables like cabbage, carrots and potatoes(10%).
Will this influence the omega3-omega6 balance in a negative way ?

[kurite]

The vegetables don't matter all that much. Hay can be bad depending on what kind it is.

[ForTheHunt]

The vegetables don't matter all that much. Hay can be bad depending on what kind it is.

What hay is bad? From my experience hay is only called hay if it's grass and or alfalfa sprouts

[djr_81]

What hay is bad? From my experience hay is only called hay if it's grass and or alfalfa sprouts

Correct.
The more broad term Silage is used for other foods the animal could be fed in winter. This includes grains, corn, etc.

[RawZi]

    Called silage because it was stored in the silo. 

    It was alfalfa grass rather than the little new sprouts, AFAIK.

[kurite]

Im trying to find where I read it but apparently hay isn't always just dried grasses.

[KD]

I think by definition hay is dried grasses, although grasses can include grasses of legumes like alfalfa and clover. Many grass-fed/finished farms use hay and even grow hay as an export. The green parts of wheat and such might be used for straw, but on small grass-grazed farms that don't cultivate wheat or oats this is probably uncommon? and even if so the greens of such plants are different then their seeds/grains.

[TylerDurden]

Silage is bad hay is fine.  Vegetables are fine. If the cows are fed on herbs like clover etc., that's even better.