I had ten bales delivered and fed it to my horse, on the last slice of hay, last night, i found a brown, dead ragwort stem, I am worried now as he has finished the hay and there could have been more. i have another delivery today and am going to tell them but what should i do?
yes that is what i am going to do shake and check the slice now.

If your horse is well fed, he is unlikely to have consumed any ragwort. We also find the odd stem in our home grown, lovingly tended organic haylage……it does happen in the best of crops. Tell the vendor and ask if the land was treated for ragwort before the hay was cut and in future sift through the forage to check for unwanted additions. I always shred the slices and shake the hay before feeding, and we do the same with the haylage.