Plain Grain LLC Organiclly Grown by Farmers here in Michigan a 100% raw agricultural product 100% Pure Spelt 100% Pure Oats All of our Grain here for sale was grown by a certified organic farmer. Spelt Grain Unhusked $.80 a lb ------------- Local pick ( but we can also ship it) 25 lbs -----------------$20.00 50 lbs -----------------$40.00 Unhusked Oats $.60 lb --------------------Local Pick up (shipping available) 25 lbs -------------------  $15.00 50 lbs --------------------$30.00 Buy 25 lbs of unhulled spelt  $20.00 Shipping -$24.00 --- within US -  (priority Flat rate 2 boxes) Buy 50 Lbs of Spelt Unhulled ---$ 40.00 Shipping $46.00 --(priority flat rate boxes) Unhulled Oats 25 Lbs ------- $15.00 (.60 lb) Shipping $24.00 Unhulled Oats 50 lbs ----$ Shipping $46.00

Local Pick up orders (ONLY)   This side is used to purchase if you are picking up the grain and DO NOT NEED IT SHIPPED. - no shipping included in your price Contact us for pick up arrangements 25 lbs Spelt Grain unhusked -----$20.00 50 lbs Unhulled Spelt Grain ----$40.00 Unhulled Oats 25 Lbs Unhulled Oats 50 lbs

Spelt for the Modern Horse Fayt Carlier Ltd, 6120 Jamioulx, Belgium. Spelt is a covered cereal with large glumellas. In experiment 1, it has been compared in terms of chemical composition with barley, oat and maize. Spelt is characterized by rather low protein and ether extract (EE) contents. The neutral detergent fibre (NDF) content of spelt was slightly higher than that of oat but the acid detergent fibre (ADF) content was lower. Two compound feedstuffs were fed along with hay to six horses used in a cross-over design. Both diets were well appreciated by the horses and there were no significant differences in the apparent digestibility coefficients, except for EE which was significantly higher, when oat was included in the compound feedstuff. In experiment 2, first pressure linseed oil was incorporated at a rate of 8% in a control compound feedstuff, where the barley was partly substituted by the oil. The fat content was 9.6% dry matter (DM) in the linseed oil compound feedstuff and 5.4% in the hay-concentrate ration. The inclusion of linseed oil increased the digestibility of DM, EE and NDF of the diet. There were no effects on the post-prandial concentrations of glucose, triglycerides and non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) but the insulin concentration was significantly reduced with the linseed oil inclusion. There were significant increases in the plasma concentrations of the total fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), saturated fatty acids (SFA), C18:3 n-3 and C18:2 n-6 and significant reductions in the contents of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), C18:1 n-7 + n-9 and C20:4 n-6. It is concluded that the inclusions of spelt and first pressure linseed oil in compound feed stuff for horse are of interest for modern horse feeding

Notes On Oats Oats •Oats is the most popular grain fed to horses as a starch based energy source.  Main Advantages: •Oats is a “safe” grain to feed because of its high crude fibre content (10%) in the outer hull, which dilutes its starch content, helping to reduce the risk of digestive upset and laminitis if excess is fed relative to needs. •Whole oats contains the lowest amount of starch but the highest proportion of starch digested in the small intestine, ranging from 61-83%, followed by maize and then barley. •Oats can be fed alone or with roughage, such as Lucerne hay or chaff, to maintain a horse at pasture during winter, or when fed out in controlled amounts not exceeding 0.5kg/100kg body weight in a meal during drought conditions. •Major Disadvantages: •Oats has the lowest digestible energy concentration of any cereal, grain, although it is well digested in the small intestine. This increases the bulk that has to be fed as an energy concentrate to hard working horses. The bulk required to meet energy needs may not be able to be consumed in small-framed horses or those that develop a poor appetite when worked hard. •Foals and horses with poor teeth, such as aged horses, or greedy horses that do not chew their feed thoroughly, obtain less nutritional benefit from whole oats. Crimped oats is better utilized in these horses. •Oats has greater variability in crude protein, fibre content in its hulls, and weight than other cereal grains. It has lower yield per hectare than maize and barley commonly used for livestock feed. Oats grown under dry conditions has almost twice the crude protein content (12%CP) as compared to 6-7%CP for very plump oats, cultivated under wet conditions. •The higher phosphorus content, in the form of phytate in oats, has a greater binding effect on calcium, magnesium, zinc and iron relative to the other cereal grains. •The fermentation of its higher fibre content in the hindgut increases the “heat waste” during fermentation, which adds to the overall heat load of horses in hard work that are fed oats as the primary energy source under hot conditions. •Feeding even a relatively small amount of oats has been associated with an increased risk of “tying-up” and nervy, hyperactive behavior in some individual horses. •Selection and QualityThe quality of oats is evaluated by weight, the plumpness of the seed, contamination with plant material, weed seeds, dust, moulds and presence of weevils. It should weigh about 500g/litre. Oat grains that are long and narrow in shape have a higher proportion of fibre and a lower digestible energy and crude protein content. ProcessingOats is normally fed as whole grain. Oats can be processed to break open the kernel by rolling to produce crimped or “bruised” oats. Crimping and rolling oats does not significantly increase the digestion of starch in the small intestine. Any form of rolling or crimping can increase the dust content and rate of deterioration during storage, as compared to whole grain. Clipped oats or “racehorse oats” is produced by removing the pointed ends of the fibrous hull, increasing the relative starch to fibre content and therefore the energy density of the grain. Normally 10% less in weight can be fed as compared to whole oats to provide an equal amount of energy. Source: AFIC (1987), NRC (1989), Ensminger at al (1990), Lewis (1995), Frape (1997), Feedstuffs Annual (1997) (Main Reference: Kohnke J, Kelleher F & Trevor-Jones, P: Feeding horses in Australia. A Guide for Horse Owners and Managers).

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