First we grow it
When it is just right,
we cut it ...
Then we ted it
until it is ready ...
Then we row it up ...
Then we bale and
wrap the bales ...
Baling and wrapping the
medium round bales ...
Our new medium round bales
are good to manoeuvre.
Baling and wrapping the large round bales
Then our products are ready
to nourish your horse.
From the happy hacker!
Right though to International show jumpers.
Richard Barton
Alison Barton
and Chris Moorhouse
Who we are honoured to sponsor as they take
our handy bales with them when they compete abroad.
We have been growing and managing grassland for 60yrs. We take great pride in ensuring regular soil samples are taken, poisonous plants are checked for and immediately eliminated and weeds are dealt with as necessary. The land is fed once or twice a year with fertiliser and manure as required according to the soil samples and horses do not graze our haylage fields.
When making haylage, timing is of the essence. It takes years of experience to know when to cut and how much working or stirring is required to make the quality we aim for and we won’t stand for anything less. Being baling contractors, we are in a privileged position to have priority. So when the weather is right and the grass is ready it is cut, stirred and baled in perfect time. We try our very best to ensure the very best quality of haylage which is why we guarantee every bale.
Up until now we have been very lucky as our customers have been our sole advertisers via word of mouth but we have now just expanded and can provide small handy bales of haylage which are ideal for travelling.
HANDY BALES of Haylage
(traditional meadow grasses including annual blue grass)
Easy to handle small bales ideal for travelling.
Measures: high 60cm x wide 43cm x depth 24cm.
Will feed one small horse (day and night), for 2 to 2½ days approximately.
The bale is very tightly packed and expands on opening.
HANDY BALES of Hay
(traditional meadow grasses including annual blue grass)
Easy to handle small bales ideal for travelling.
Measures: high 60cm x wide 43cm x depth 24cm.
Will feed one small horse (day and night), for 2 to 2½ days approximately.
The bale is very tightly packed and expands on opening.
MEDIUM ROUND BALE
(Available as Haylage or Hay wrapped/unwrapped)
Commonly known as 3ft round
Measuring high 120cm x diameter 95-100cm.
This bale will feed approximately 4 horses day and night for 4 days.
These bales can easily be rolled by one physically fit adult
and tipped up onto it's end by 2 adults.
Can be collected from the farm and can deliver locally
with a minimum load.
LARGE BALE (Available in HAY or HAYLAGE)
Our largest is known as a '5ft round'.
Measuring high 120cm x diameter 130cm. This bale will feed approximately 4 horses day and night for 6 days.
These bales will need a tractor to move them and stack them.
In February 2020 we became extremely proud sponsors of
the International Show Jumpers
Richard and daughter Alison Barton
(at Barton Equine).
Please watch the short video of Alison
explaining their satisfaction with our low sugar haylage.
Spring Head Farm Haylage at Bolton-by Bowland offers for sale quality horse hay or haylage in small round or large round bales, as well as tightly packed Handy Bales.
We serve a wide area of North West England covering Bolton-by-Bowland, Slaidburn, Longsight, Preston, Clitheroe, Skipton, Barnoldswick, Earby, Whalley, Cross Hills, Glusburn, Colne, Burnley, Ilkley, Silsden, Steeton, Settle, Gisburn, Briercliffe, Brierfield, Nelson, Laneshawbridge, Keighley, Gargrave, and other locations throughout Lancashire, West Yorkshire, and North Yorkshire. Please contact us for details of our haylage delivery service which we can arrange if you don’t have transport to collect.
If you are looking at this site, presumably you are wanting haylage, but what exactly makes our haylage some of the best for your horse? Our 60 years experience of managing grassland is the answer!
What is haylage and why is it better for horses than hay or silage? We grow grass specifically to use for haylage and when it is at its best we cut it. If we were to let it dry completely, that would be hay which is dusty and has fungal spores. If we pack it too soon, the moisture content is too high and it becomes silage which is too moist for horses. With the correct moisture content, the grass ferments to the point where it is acidic enough to stop microbial activity and thus maintain its “fresh” food value. This is an anaerobic process which is why the bales are wrapped in airtight bales.
Knowing when to cut, when to bale, and wrap is the key that allows us to make Spring Head Farm Haylage ideal food for your horse or pony.
H & S M D Lund, Richard Lund
Spring Head Farm,
Hellifield Road, Bolton-by-Bowland,
Near Clitheroe Lancashire, BB7 4LU
NB Do not use the postcode for Satnav. Please see Location Map.
For HAYLAGE
please contact Richard Lund:
07740201187 / 01200 447910
or
Send Richard an email
