Dr. Steve Higgins of the University of Kentucky optimizes daily barn tasks for efficiency, cost savings, and environmental soundness.
Fescue toxicosis can cause pregnancy losses and reduced reproductive efficiency in mares. Learn more in this visual guide.
Warm, wet winter weather could lead to higher ergovaline concentrations in pastures, putting broodmares at risk for fescue toxicosis.
Mud in horse turnouts can create topsoil erosion, increase soil compaction, and cause slip-and-fall injuries to horses. Here are options to reduce mud on your horse property.
Tractors, breeches, and horse-themed jewelry might make up your wish list. But what would your horse ask Santa for?
Horses can live outside in comfort year-round with a few amenities provided by their owners.
Fertilizer prices are rising, but the investment is well worth the payoff: Fall nitrogen helps plants stay green longer into the winter, survive winter better, and green up earlier in the spring.
Are you using heated water buckets or troughs this winter? Stay safe with these tips.
This portable and cost-effective barrier comes in handy when managing pastures, traveling with horses, and more.
Fall is a great time to renovate horse pastures and ready them for winter.
Here’s how to get your farm back to normal so your horses have a safe and comfortable place to, once again, call home.
Researchers gave horses access to shade and misting curtains on hot days. How the horses used them depended on the individual.
Alternating or commingling cows with horses on pastures appears to effectively reduce strongyle burdens in both species, according to two studies.
Buttercups can cause mouth pain and blisters, drooling, oral and gastric ulcers, colic, and diarrhea in horses that eat them.
Deworming doesn’t have to be dull! Brush up on your parasite control knowledge with these expert-approved facts.
Dr. Laurie Lawrence of the University of Kentucky describes recent equine nutrition research from her lab, from deciphering forage composition to monitoring obesity. She also shares common misconceptions about feeding horses.
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