Grown on our farm. Rolled daily to ensure optimum nutritional value (which declines after the kernel is shattered)
Barley’s nutritional value
- Calories: 3350 to 3600 per kilogram
- Total digestible nutrients: About 82%
- Crude protein: 14%
- Crude fibril 6%
- Digestible protein: 11.5%
- Calcium: 0.05%
- Phosphorous: 0.38%
Barley lies in the middle ground between oats and wheat. By weight, barley provides more digestible energy and total available nutrients than oats, but it doesn’t quite reach the levels of wheat.
It’s considered a good feed for improving condition of livestock, including horses and cattle.