Southeastern Drought Affecting Feed Prices, Horse Sales

Some horse owners are looking toward a dire winter as hay prices soar, and rescue workers worry about animal neglect and abandonment in the coming months.

Both groups blame the drought, which wiped out hay crops across the South and affecte

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Carb Testing Program for Horse Feed and Hay

When it comes to horses, what does “low carb” mean? Lower than what? “There are several analytical procedures that measure sugar, and each one measures a slightly different fraction,” said Kathryn Watts, BS, owner of Rocky Mountain Research & Consult

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Choose the Right Hay for Your Horses

You invest a lot of care and appreciation on your horses, so it is wise to spend some time considering their primary diet — forages.

The horse evolved over time to be efficient as a grazing animal thriving on forages. As we adapted the horse

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Drought Continues to Challenge Horses, Owners


After a long, dry summer that left pastures scant and dusty and hay production plunging, drought conditions across the United States show no signs of letting up. And neither do the challenges facing horses and their owners.

According t

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International Disease Report Second Quarter 2007

This is an excerpt from Equine Disease Quarterly, funded by underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, brokers, and their Kentucky agents.

The International Collating Centre, Newmarket, England, and other sources reported the

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Imported Hay Could Hold Hidden Health Dangers

As if hay scarcity and high prices aren?t enough, experts are warning horse owners that imported hay could also hide horse health dangers including seriously low amounts of essential vitamins such as A and E, excessive amounts of selenium, and

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Autumn Tips for Healthy Spring Pastures

From the three years of pastureland study done by the UK forage extension team, some common trends have emerged. One trend should trouble area farms because it directly limits the number of horses that can be supported on area pastures. Currently,

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Ethanol to Take a Bite out of Equine Food Supplies?

When the time came for Jamie Clifton to stockpile horse feed for the winter at Volunteer Equine Advocates, she found grain prices up and hay expensive and in tight supply. Now, she said, she’s wondering how high horse feed commodity prices can

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Late Season Oats Can Reduce Autumn Hay Use

Oats, traditionally grown in the spring as a grain crop, can also be planted in the summer as a late season forage, providing a feed alternative for horse owners and livestock producers short on hay or pasture.

Based on five years of Ohio

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