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Hay Shortages & Horse Hay Forage Alternatives. How To Address Horse Hay & Hay Pricing Issues With High Quality Hay Forage Replacements.

The recent strings of years of drought have provided some serious problems with finding good quality hay for our horses. The problems I’m talking about are either the cost or availability of good quality horse hay. For those who can buy and store full truckloads of hay, the impact may not be as bad. But for those of us who only have a couple of horses, we are at the mercy of what we can find locally.

Equine Colic & Forage Quality for Horses
by Dr. Bill Vandergrift

Man creates many health and performance problems in horses because we forget that the horse is a constant grazer designed to forage approximately 16 hours per day. Instead we make attempts to fit their feeding schedule to ours or insist that their daily menu consist of what we have to offer instead of what they would prefer.

Forage Alternatives & How They Can Help Prevent Horse Colic
by Eric Haydt

Pasture Management: Managing Horses on Fall Pastures
Dr. Amy M. Gill

Managing Pastures and Horse Feed Costs