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  • Pasture needing some management for fewer weeds and better forage,

    Five Steps to a Great Summer Horse Pasture

    The beginning of summer is a good time for horse owners with pastures to begin planning and implementing proven techniques that will provide grazing throughout most of the year.

  • Horse grazing free choice in pasture

    A Natural Approach to a Horse's Dietary Needs

    This article discusses your horse's natural dietary needs, giving you the information you need to develop a healthy and complete feeding program for your horse.

  • Horse eating from a small ground feeder.

    Debunking 4 Popular Myths about Beet Pulp for Horses

    Although anecdotal stories about individual horses may have lead to these myths or old wives' tales about beet pulp as feed, research and experience have largely discounted them and supplied information that horse owners can take to heart.

  • Nutrient ingredients for commercial horse feed. Can you identify them?

    Buyer Beware! What's in Those Feed Products You Give Your Horse?

    What you don't know about what you are giving your horse can harm your horse and cost you time, effort, and money that may not only be wasted, but may actually be harmful to your horse's health.

  • Straw - Safe as free-choice feed for insulin resistant horse?

    Feeding Straw to the Insulin Resistant Horse May Be a Mistake

    To determine whether a forage is safe to feed free-choice to an insulin resistant horse, pay attention to three key indicators: Non-structural carbohydrates, ethanol soluble carbohydrates + starch and digestible energy.

  • Caution: Fall night-time pasture temperatures dropping? Importance of testing pasture.

    Testing Your Horse Pasture for Peace of Mind

    While grass tends to be lower in sugar/starch during the summer, the situation changes as the night time temperatures drop below 40 degrees F, making it especially challenging (and dangerous!) to allow pasture grazing.

  • n-3 PUFAs - An essential in lowering blood insulin levels in your horse.

    What Is an n-3 PUFA? Why Horse Owners Should Care

    While all fat is high in calories, foods that are high in n-3 PUFAs can lower blood insulin levels in your horse, which helps reduce fat storage and lessen the risk of laminitis.

  • Is your horse losing weight during cold weather? Don't be fooled by thick winter haircoat.

    Is There a Low Cost Way of Getting My Horse to Gain Some Weight?

    Keeping a horse's weight up during the cold winter months can be a challenge. Equine nutritionist Juliet Getty, Ph.D. offers sound advice to help you keep your horse in proper trim during the winter months.

  • Diagram of horse used for body scoring.

    An Illustrated Guide to Body Scoring Your Horse

    Evaluating the relationship of body fat to body musculature helps a horse owner determine the body score of a particular horse and is a helpful management tool that can be used with all breeds of horses.

  • Whole grain oats for horses - As good as they look.

    Oats and Oat Hay for Your Horse

    Oat hay and grain are excellent choices for most horses where available. Read what popular horse clinician and television show host Julie Goodnight has to say about oats as feed for horses.

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