I always had to special order the meal when I fed it to my animals and yes, it did cost more. The other available option locally was alfalfa cubes which were too big for foals and lambs. This is going back many years though. I'd have thought alfalfa for pellets is generally cut young unless the weather is awful because there is hopefully more than one cut per season to be squeezed in. If your product has a manufacturer label on it maybe you could give them a call.
