Are Straw And Hay The Same Thing

I’ve heard people say that hay is the same thing as straw, but they are not. Hay and straw are both plant stems, but that’s where the similarities end.

Hay is food for animals like horses and cows. It’s usually cut from grasses or legumes like alfalfa or clover. It can be used for bedding for livestock as well. Animal feeders like piglets need lots of nutrition so they’re fed a diet of mostly milk with some grains (usually wheat bran) added in order to bulk up their stools before they exit through their bottoms (something else we call “poop”). The complex carbohydrates found in grains provide energy for the pigs’ bodies and help them grow quickly into adults who’ll eventually become bacon or pork chops! Pigs also eat fruits and vegetables such as apples, carrots, lettuce leaves…”

Straw and hay are not the same thing, though people often use the terms interchangeably.

Hay is a food source for animals, while straw is more suited to human consumption. Hay is typically used to feed livestock such as cows and horses, whereas straw is mainly used for making compost or mulch (it can also be fed to animals).

There are many varieties of hay that come from different kinds of grasses—timothy, orchardgrass, brome grasses (such as meadow brome or sweet vernal), and others. Straw comes from cereal grains such as oats, wheat and barley; it’s often mixed with other types of grain in order to create fodder for livestock.

Hay is what you feed to animals.

Hay is a plant stem that has been cut and dried, with the leaves removed. Hay serves as food for animals, especially cattle and horses. It is a good source of fiber, protein, carbohydrates and vitamins for them. The most common types of hay used in animal feed are oat hay (also called oat grass) and alfalfa hay; both are high in protein as well as vitamins A and C.

Straw is used to build structures and provide cushioning for a variety of applications.

Straw is used to build structures and provide cushioning for a variety of applications. It’s used in construction, papermaking, insulation, composting and mulching.

However you use straw—as a building material or as an organic gardening tool—it’s important to know that it comes from the stalks of cereal crops such as wheat and barley. When these stalks are cut at harvest time after the seed heads have been removed (or mown off), they can be left in fields where they will naturally break down into compost over time. Alternatively, farmers may choose to chop them up into smaller pieces (called chaff) before leaving them behind on the field where they can decompose more quickly than whole stalks do on their own.

The result is a product called “hay.” Hay serves several purposes; it acts like mulch when spread around plants with shallow root systems like strawberries or tomatoes; it protects seeds during storage so they don’t dry out prematurely; it provides nutrition for animals such as horses who need extra fiber in their diets; and finally it’s used by farmers themselves as fodder for livestock such as cows or goats so they’ll produce milk faster after giving birth!

Hay is food for your animals, straw is good for cushioning, but they are both plant stems.

Hay is the dried grass that farmers collect, bale and feed to their animals. Straw is also a plant stem but it’s usually used for shelter, such as building materials or bedding. Hay is more widely available than straw so it can be used as food for animals such as horses and cows.

Straw is often used in construction because it’s cheap and easy to use; farmers will typically burn their hay after cutting it so they can put on seed instead of using up precious land space with crops that won’t sell well at market.

Hay and straw are both plant stems, but they have different uses. Hay is used as food for animals, while straw is used as a cushioning material in construction and other applications.