by Melissa | Jul 10, 2020 | Horse Retirement Farm, nutrition |
(post by Jason) Is a 16% protein feed the right thing to feed my horse? The short answer to that question is I don’t know. I’m going to spend the rest of this blog post explaining why I don’t know, and why protein is perhaps the most misunderstood and mysterious...
by Melissa | Jun 25, 2020 | Horse Retirement Farm, nutrition |
(post by Jason) Today we’re going to explore our hay test in a bit more depth. Last week I wrote at some length about measuring fibre levels and digestibility in hay and why those things might be important in terms of balancing equine diets. I want to focus today’s...
by Melissa | Jun 18, 2020 | Horse Retirement Farm, nutrition |
(post by Jason) Since we got our hay tests back today I am going to begin sharing some of the information we use to evaluate the forage portion of our horse diets. That’s the first and most fundamental step in designing a grain and mineral ration that complements your...
by Melissa | Jun 11, 2020 | Horse Retirement Farm, nutrition |
(post by Jason) A lot of people don’t realize that in addition to farming I spent fifteen years putting my education to good practical use balancing rations and troubleshooting for large feed companies in Canada and in the USA. As a consequence of my experiences...
