So you do a bunch of research into Protein levels, you’re concerned about starch levels and you have a pretty good idea of what is in your hay – does that sound like you? Alternatively you were at a show and this very nice sales person told you all the reasons why their bagged feed […]
Spring is almost upon us in most of the country, so it’s time to revisit that critical topic: spring grazing. Transitioning a horse from hay to pasture must be handled with care; this point is non-negotiable. For every horse, a gradual change from hay to grass is required to allow the digestive system to adapt, […]
Beauty is more than skin deep. Your horse’s skin and coat form an important protective barrier against bacteria and infections. One of the key elements to support skin cell health and produce a “show ring shine” is feeding a high quality, stabilized flax meal high in essential fatty acids (EFAs). The horse’s body does not produce EFAs, […]
One of the first questions that springs to mind is why are horse supplements important in the modern equine diet? If you go back in time a hundred years, horses were living on large areas of pasture with a rich combination of grasses, herbs and other beneficial plants that provided them with a rich source […]
At Grand Meadows we believe that the heightened interest in digestion supplements has arisen from a widening recognition that the way horses eat today has changed so much relative to the way the horse’s digestive system has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. Horses evolved as grazers, and in order to consume sufficient forage […]
