Alfalfa is a low starch & low sugar plant that is an excellent buffer to acidity in the gut. Discover more & shop alfalfa-rich feed for your horses.
Most horses thrive on a fairly standard diet of hay and water. Grass, alfalfa, oat, or a combination of those types usually provides adequate nutrition and keeps the average horse at a healthy weight. But senior horses can benefit from adding beet pulp to their diet in addition to providing...
Alfalfa common name either comes from the Arabic, al-fac-facah, meaning “father of all foods.” or from ancient Iranian “an aspo-asti” which means “the best feed” or “feed for horses.” Alfalfa is one of the oldest cultivated plants, and it is used as livestock forage, as a ...
the hypothesis that increasing the forage consumption time can lead to improved welfare, the objective of this study was to verify the effect of the implementation of a slow-feeder hay bag on the ethogram, motor activity, heart rate, and cortisol circadian rhythm (CCR) of stabled horses. Seve...
For more details, read Use Of Alfalfa Pasture For Finishing Lambs. In a second grazing experiment, meat from lambs finished on pasture had 14 percent less fat and 8 percent more protein than grain-fed lambs. Click here for details of this study. ...