Harvesting hay has gone from a labor-intensive practice of using sickles and wooden forks to balers that compress hay into ...

Make hay when the sun shines. That’s a saying that means exactly what is says. “When it’s go time, it’s all hands on deck,” ...

More mature hay is ideal for horses that are easy keepers or are only lightly used,” she says. One way to assess the maturity of alfalfa hay is the snap test.

Your horse is in good body condition; she is doing well on the grass/alfalfa-mix hay you are currently feeding. She is getting no grain, and she has never developed laminitis, inflammation of the soft ...

Hay is high in fiber and bulk, which supports the horse’s digestive tract. Nutrition content can be similar to the current ...

Horses that do not eat constantly are at increased risk of ulcer development; if a rider chooses to ride a horse that has not had hay in his stomach for hours, there’s less fiber to create a “mat” ...