Horses Article Archive
Double Whammy Leads To Too Many Horses
The economic downturn coupled with a ban on horse slaughter has resulted in a steadily growing number of unwanted horses with owners who are unable to properly care for them, says Alison LaCarrubba, a University of Missouri equine veterinarian...
Keep Blister Beetles Out Of Hay
A few precautions can help prevent blister beetle contamination of hay and avoid sickness or death in horses that eat it, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist...
Steam-Cooked Hay For Horses
David Brumfield says steamed hay is soft and moist, and a customer told him horses love it...
Horse Hay Market: Right For You?
With dairy farms just about everywhere facing financial difficulties, many commercial alfalfa hay growers are finding markets for their product dwindling....
Flexible Annual Forage
More and more livestock producers are looking at crabgrass, not as a weed, but as a high-quality summer hay and pasture alternative. The sturdy annual...
Book Chronicles Horse-Hay Production
Many horse owners who buy hay for their animals know little about how it's made. They think high-quality hay can be harvested year-round, says Susie Walton....
Something's Different!
If you've noticed something new about Hay & Forage Grower, it may be its new coat of paint. The magazine, with nearly 23 years under its belt, now boasts...
CRP Adds Incentives
Additional payment incentives will be provided through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to eligible ag producers, according to USDA. Included are...
Saving Songbirds
A handful of farmers in the James-town, RI, area are sacrificing forage quality to help songbirds. They're being paid to delay their first hay cuttings...
Super Memories
When Carl Stiemsma won the World's Forage Analysis Superbowl, he was a young dairyman striving to improve milk production in his registered Holstein herd,...
