Horses

Educating horse owners about what it takes to produce high-quality hay and the importance of good hay in equine diets is an ongoing challenge for hay growers selling into that market....More

High heat and low moisture are drying up many Kentucky horse pastures made of cool-season Kentucky bluegrass and orchardgrass. That means horse owners should be monitoring those pastures and considering supplementing with hay, according to Laurie Lawrence, an animal nutritionist at the University of Kentucky....More

Hay growers selling to the horse market in the Upper Midwest will have opportunities to touch base with their customers at two major venues later this month....More

A University of Minnesota horse feeding trial compared the costs and potential savings of using round-bale feeders vs. no feeder at all. One of the study's authors says horse owners can't afford not to have some type of hay feeder for their horses....More