Kim Miller As the source of 50 to 90 percent of a normal, healthy horse’s nutritional needs, hay warrants careful consideration. Yet, there is a lot of confusion over what, exactly, defines “good” hay. Nutrient content and cleanliness are distinct traits often presumptively and wrongly lumped together. “People need to be more …
Read MoreUnderstanding Hay Quality – Even “Good” Hay Can Have Bad Things in It
The Omaha Police Mounted Patrol Unit was founded in 1990. In 2005, ConAgra Foods built a state-of-art equine facility for the horses. With many fans in the community, the unit’s 12 to 14 horses regularly receive donations of tack, trailers, and even new stablemates. But what they’ve sorely needed lately …
The horse world is cautiously getting back on the road as competitions re-emerge on June calendars. Productive horse people likely spent some of the pandemic doing horse trailer maintenance: checking breaks, tires, interiors, hitches and electrical connections. Those critical aspects of safe equine transport tend to get a lot of …
Total turnaround for equine asthma case after 10 days on Haygain Steamed Hay. by Kim F Miller Margot McNally is an elementary school music teacher who loves the sound of her pupils raising their voices in song. When she’s off duty, however, music to her ears is the silence …
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