Sundown Yellow Rapeseed Straw Bedding 19kg – Eucalyptus Scented Bale

Sundown Yellow Chopped Rapeseed Straw Bedding – 19kg

Sundown Yellow is chopped British rapeseed straw, a by-product of the oilseed harvest and the hardest-wearing of Sundown's three chopped straw bales. Rape stem is coarser and more pithy than wheat, which is exactly why it works here: it does not flatten to a mat as quickly, and the pith takes up moisture that wheat straw would simply pass through to the floor.

It runs through the same double vacuum de-dusting and gets the same food-grade eucalyptus fragrance at baling. Priced between the wheat straw and the miscanthus, it is the sensible middle option for a horse that is hard on a bed without being a genuine swamp. Like the rest of the range it is BETA NOPS approved.

Performance & Benefits

• Pithy rapeseed stem absorbs more and lasts longer than wheat straw.
• The toughest of Sundown's chopped straw beddings — it holds its structure under a heavy horse.
• Double vacuum de-dusted, so dust is very low for both horse and handler.
• Food-grade eucalyptus fragrance added during baling.
• British-grown, from a crop already being harvested for oil.
• Composts quickly and suits banked or flat bedding systems.
• BETA NOPS approved for competition yards.

Suitable For

• Horses that are hard on a bed, or stables that run damp.
• Owners wanting more life out of a bale than wheat straw gives.
• Horses and handlers with dust sensitivities.
• Banked or flat bedding systems in standard loose boxes.
• Not the most absorbent bale here — for a genuinely wet horse Sundown Purple miscanthus holds more again.

How to Use

• Lay a new bed with 4–5 bales in a 12ft x 12ft stable.
• Top up with 1–2 bales a week, depending on use and bed depth.
• Skip out daily and turn the bed so the base dries.
• Store under cover — the LDPE wrap is weatherproof but not meant for long-term outdoor storage.

Specification

• 19kg bale of chopped British rapeseed straw with food-grade eucalyptus fragrance.
• Double vacuum de-dusted using Sundown's own process.
• BETA NOPS approved.
• Coverage: 4–5 bales for a 12ft x 12ft stable, then 1–2 bales weekly.
• Wrapped in LDPE with 30% recycled content, recyclable with soft plastics.
• Sundown publish no absorbency figure or dust percentage, so none is stated here.