2007-08-10 07:51:52 · 8 answers · asked by Wayles H 1 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Straw is the stem and leaves of the dry cereal plant that is left over after the grain is harvested.
Hay is dried grass.
Both are used to feed animals.
2007-08-10 08:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hay is made for feeding animals, primarily cows, and straw is for bedding for all types of barn animals. The difference is in the type of grain or grasses used.
2007-08-10 15:25:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Straw is hollow with little or no nutritional value but is a great bedding material because the hollow shaft holds onto body heat.
Hay is fibrous and is very nutritious for some animals to eat.
2007-08-10 15:01:26 · answer #3 · answered by New England Babe 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i once had the same question lol hay is dried grass; and straw is the dry stalk of a cereal plant
2007-08-10 16:17:44 · answer #4 · answered by chess_is_best 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
straw is the stems of wheat or other cereal crops. it is mostly silica, held together by cellulose(?). it has very little, if any nutritive value. hay is grass or/and alfalfa.
2007-08-10 15:33:44 · answer #5 · answered by deva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses and cows eat hay and like it
They avoid eating straw unless they are starving.
2007-08-10 14:57:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-08-10 15:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by Bluebudgie21 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one sucks and the other goes hey
2007-08-10 14:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋