Just like people, some horses have a high metabolism and can eat more food without becoming overweight. Therefore, it is important to tailor each horse's feeding program to meet his individual needs, ...

Study: Which Cool-Season Grass Do Horses Prefer In Hay? originally appeared on Paulick Report. Horses are selective grazers that prefer some cool-season grasses over others in pasture. But what about ...

Horses need constant forages and if a pasture isn’t readily available, many horse owners turn to feeding hay. Someone has to produce the hay and Alex Rocateli, Oklahoma State University Extension ...

Few sights are more tragic than malnourished or starved horses. Outright neglect does occur, but not all underweight horses are victims of abuse. Horses might be recovering from serious conditions ...

The need for quality horse hay—shorthand for attributes desirable in hay fed to equines—has not quite lifted yet. “We’re still in hay feeding season as pastures have not greened up as yet; now is not ...

The rising price of hay has lead to an increasing number of malnourished horses, it is claimed. Rachel Jenkinson, welfare manager at Lincolnshire-based rescue charity Bransby Horses, said it had ...

Here is a selection of the best hay replacers for horses that are currently available, including the manufacturers’ descriptions of their products. NB: Feeding rates have been recommended based on a ...

Tom Johnston is a hay producer in western Wyoming who sells his hay to horse owners across the country. He has been doing this since the 1980s. On a crisp fall morning, Johnston was out working in his ...

Offers to help have poured in from around the country and the NILE fielded about 100 calls over the weekend from people wanting to help. Quality grass or grass/alfalfa hay is needed, not alfalfa hay, ...

Mother Nature designed horses to eat from the floor, yet haynets, racks, and over-the-door buckets designed for feeding off the ground are a familiar sight on many a yard. Horses in the wild will ...