Has anyone had any issues with feeding Dumor Alfalfa Cubes? Are they good quality? Is there anywhere you can find out where the alfalfa is grown that they use? 

The only alfalfa cubes available in my area is Dumor and Standlee. Dumor is a little more cost effective and I've read that the Standlee quality has gone down a bit. 

I have fed them. Didn't have any issues. It was worth the cost savings. Standlee bags are 40 lbs and Dumor was the same price, but an extra 10 lbs for the 50 lb bag. I soaked them and my horse ate them up. 

Edit to add: the Stadlee were a little prettier, brighter green, and less rough texture on the outside of the cube. Not enough to make me pay more for them. 

Thanks! 

I do wish they would put on the bag or make it easier to find out where their alfalfa is grown. The thread on blister beetles has me a little concerned. 

I would not trust Dumor one bit. To me its worth the extra money to buy better. Theres a big difference between the Dumor and Standlee. And Standlee being a better cube.. I buy Pride of the Plains cubes and they have no binders, I pay I think about 15.99 for a 50 lbs bag. 

Ok, I may sound really dumb by asking this, but wouldn't blister beetles not be an issue since the cubes are processed?

The only cube available in my area is Dumor or Standlee. I wish I had more options. 

I thought I had read that the beetles can still cause an issue in cubes. I'm not sure either tho. Maybe someone on here would know. 

NO. You need to watch where your Alfalfa comes from even if being cubed. 

I would trust Standlee over the Dumor, I used to feed Standlee until I found Pride of the Plains and love that they dont use any binders so the cube is softer then the Standlee's. 

Found this: https://blog.smartpakequine.com/2019/09/ask-the-vet-blister-beetles-clover-slobbers-mineral-oil-and-more-september-2019/

Go to 24:30 marker for start of the discussion. Go to 29:30 for the discussion on how Standlee covers the concern for this issue. Interesting.

I bought a bag of their hay pellets in a pinch during the bad weather here. They were so dusty. My filly wouldn't touch them. I ended up throughing them out. I won't feed them again. I'd go standlee first.

Your filly looks really sharp in her Teal/turquoise leg wraps.

For anyone that curious about where Dumor is manufactured/milled, Purina is the maker of the Dumor products. Its just the lower end of the feed that Purina makes. I do feed the Dumor Tubs to my horses in the back pasture to give them something to mess with, they do eat them slowly and thats what I like about these tubs the horses wont pig out on them.

Thank you for finding that video. It does sound like Standlee is worth the extra expense for sure! 

Most brands won't tell you where the alfalfa comes from. 

I researched Dumor at one time and finally dug deep enough to find out that their hay is from Tennessee. So I don't use their alfalfa pellets any more. Also I saw that the horses were eating their Standlee Timothy pellets first and eating the Dumor alfalfa pellets last. This was weird because when I feed Standlee alfalfa and Timothy pellets they never separated them. I haven't noticed a change in Standlee pellets and the horses have not lost any condition, either. 

I don't feed hay cubes but we do feed alfalfa pellets to our older mares. We soak them. Will only use standlee. They are clean & very fresh. I won't use dumor. Just info, my equine dentist who is very reputable & well known told me that it is better for a horses teeth to have hay & not hay cubes. The horse gets better salivation from hay which they need. 

I feed Dumor cubes. They are softer and have less binder/processing that's why they are rough. After all, hay is roughage! I didn't know Tennessee grew alfalfa. I'm sure it's managed well. They can't package a product that kills horses and stay in business. I think you can feed Dumor cubes with confidence.

In my experience Dumor cubes were hard as a rock and didn't soften like they should even when soaked. 

And mine soaked better than Standlee cubes. So strange the different experiences we have had. 

There is not enough alfalfa grown in TN to supply all of Dumors needs.

I’ve fed both Dumor and standlee. Both are hard and take a while to soak, though it my experience Dumor is a little softer. I’ve found pieces of hay string in both and both at times don’t look the prettiest. I think it’s 6 of one, half dozen of the other. The best I e seen are Seminole cubes and they aren’t local to me. 

I guess everyone has good/bad experiences with each. When I stopped at Tractor Supply yesterday they were out of Dumor so Standlee it was LOL 

I soaked them some but my mare seemed to prefer having some firmness to them. She wasn't super crazy about the mushy stuff. 

I feed them daily soaked.  When snow storm was going to hit I stopped at TSC and they were out of the Dumor cubes so I got a bag of Standlee cubes.  They were horrible.  Horses did not like them at all.

The Dumor sure soaks better than Standlee. You better have all day if you need to soak a Standlee!?? I found Mustang Sally cubes local and they are even softer. These don't even need to be soaked.