Recent Blog Posts

  • Winterizing Your Horse

    January 15, 2012
    As the nights begin earlier and the leaves start to fall, you know that winter is never far behind. If your horse is going to spend winter outside, inside, or a combination of the two, you will need to work that little bit harder to keep your horse in healthy condition.
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  • Designing a Stable Environment

    November 15, 2011
    A well-designed horse barn promotes the health, safety and performance of your horses. "Must haves" include stalls that are secure with nonslippery flooring, good drainage and safe lighting, a center aisle, and tack and feed storage rooms.
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  • Livestock Pest Management

    July 15, 2011
    For livestock farmers, grappling with pests is one of the most expensive and time consuming chores that comes with raising healthy animals.
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  • Alleviating Heat Stress In Chickens

    July 1, 2011
    Poultry are prone to heat stress during periods of high temperatures and humidity. While chickens do acclimate to heat over time, sudden heat waves can cause trouble. Managing the effects of heat stress is challenging, but necessary for poultry producers.
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  • Sticky, smelly Bag Balm: Problem-salving for all.

    March 1, 2011
    LYNDONVILLE, Vt. – Winter is most definitely here. It must be. The phones are ringing at Bag Balm headquarters. Everyone wants a new tub of the gooey, yellow-green ointment. And all have a story about its problem-salving.
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  • Nutrition of the Growing Horse

    January 19, 2011
    Early growth and development are important factors, especially in halter futurity prospects and foals that will enter race training as yearlings. Most horsemen realize that significant early development is crucial to the marketing potential of these young horses.
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  • Winterize Your Horse's Feeding Program

    January 7, 2011
    Winter weather can be responsible for stresses that can compromise your horse's health. The good news is that you can prevent some of that stress through proper feeding management. Most horses have some "down time" in winter, where adverse weather will not permit much riding or showing activity.
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  • Coping with Pest Deer

    December 6, 2010
    Deer have become a major pest of gardens throughout North America, from rural farms to urban parks. People and deer share habitat like never before. How can we keep our garden plants intact, yet live in peace with our hooved neighbors?
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  • Southern States Feed Quality

    September 3, 2010
    You are what you eat is a familiar phrase that applies as much to horses as it does to humans. When it comes to equine nutrition and choosing the right feed for your horse it’s more than just picking a feed based on a pretty picture on a feed bag. It’s what’s on the inside that counts.
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  • Basic Equine Nutrition

    August 27, 2010
    Horses have six main dietary requirements for sound nutrition: water; energy (sources from carbohydrates and fat); protein, vitamins (fat-soluble and water-soluble); major and minor minerals and forage. Of all the basic dietary requirements, water is the single most important.
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