Aim for 1.5% of body weight per day as high-quality hay (16-17 pounds, or 7.3-7.7 kg, for an 1,100-pound, 500-kg, horse), and supplement the forage with a feed high in fat and fiber and low in starch.

A 500kg performance horse is fed 2kg of flaked barley and 2kg of a complementary feed (25% starch and 10% sugar), plus 8.5kg (as fed) of mature hay per day. The feed is divided into two meals.

The best way to handle an unexpected disruption in a horse's feed supply after an emergency depends on a variety of factors.

Pro: Good source of energy and protein, you can feed 5 to10 pounds a day. Con: Beet pulp should be soaked before feeding large amounts to prevent swelling in the horse's digestive system.

“A horse weighing 500kg requires about 12.5kg of feed per day for weight gain. This could comprise of 3kg of a conditioning cube, ad-lib forage or 9.5kg of hay (12.5kg of haylage).” ...

Ralston said that if owners feed TMRs as designed--as horses' sole source of nutrition--then horses should consume at least 2% of their body weight daily through two or three feedings; however ...

Forage is the chief concern in a horse’s diet, because it is this fibre source that will keep their gut functioning properly and help to achieve optimal digestive health. Ideally horses should be fed ...

Mary Hartman's Kasson-based StableFeed firm is bringing back a forgotten perennial crop – sainfoin – to create healthy horse feed as well as a new niche in the U.S. agriculture market.

Shoppers come in droves to the tin-roofed building at the edge of a horse pasture in rural Polk County. Ednamay Wales' dream of an antique haven became a reality in 1970, and now her sons continue ...

Mary Hartman's Kasson, Minn.-based StableFeed firm is bringing back a forgotten perennial crop – sainfoin – to create healthy horse feed as well as a new niche in the U.S. agriculture market.