THE HAY BARN GLOSSARY

Hardseededness - A physiological condition of seed in which a proportion of viable seeds do not immediately absorb water or oxygen, delaying germination.

Hay - Entire hergbage of forage plants, sometimes including seed of grasses and legumes, that is harvested and dried for feed.

Haying - The harvesting of hay.

Haying hook - Tool used to handle bulky bales of hay. Also called hay hooks.

Hay loft - The upper story of a barn used for storing hay.

Hayrick - A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

Haystack - A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

Haying season - The time during the year for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder (haying).

Haylage - Product resulting from ensiling forage (pasture or crop material) with about 45% moisture in the absence of oxygen. Usually the air has been evacuated forcefully, as in an airtight, glass-lined silo, rather than by compression of the stack. Also see silage, ensilage.

Heifer - A bovine female less than three years of age who has not born a calf.

Herb - Any vascular plant that does not produce a woody stem. cf. forb .

Herbaceous - Not woody; soft in texture.

Herbivore - An animal that subsists principally or entirely on plants or plant materials.

The Hay Barn Glossary