Resources for Introduction to Forage
This page is a collection of the many additional resources that are included within the course for quick reference, organized by course lesson. For questions about these resources, or to request additional information about the topics presented, please send an email to [email protected]
- Food for Thought – Are Feeding Practices Hurting your Horse? (TheHorse.com)
- The Digestive Tract (Equine Guelph)
- Equine Digestive Anatomy (Equine Guelph)
Unit 2 – What is Forage?
- Haylage for Horses? (Horse Canada)
- Hay Cubes as Alternative Forage (TheHorse.com)
- Increasing Chew Time for Hay Cubes (TheHorse.com)
- 7 Tips for Selecting and Feeding a Complete Feed (TheHorse.com)
- Beet Pulp FAQs (TheHorse.com)
- Management and Feeding of Horses in Cold Weather (OMAFRA)
- Estimating Your Horse’s Weight (Equine Guelph)
- How to Measure Your Horse (to Estimate His Weight) – (TheHorse.com)
- Hay alternatives fact sheet (OMAFRA)
- Feeding when Hay is Short – What are the Alternatives? (Burwash Equine Services)
- Horse Feeding Basics (TheHorse.com)
Unit 3 – Common Forage Species
- Identifying Pasture Grasses – Beginning on page 61 (OMAFRA)
- Pasture Grass Identification – pdf (Equine Guelph)
- Legume Identification Chart – pdf (Equine Guelph)
- Understanding Amino Acids (Horse Canada)
- Horse Weight Calculator (TheHorse.com)
- Identifying Pasture Grasses (University of Wisconsin)
- Identifying Pasture Legumes (University of Wisconsin)
- 4 Misconceptions about Alfalfa (TheHorse.com)
- Is alfalfa making my horse pee more? (TheHorse.com)
Unit 4 – Hay
- Toxic Plants (pdf) (Equine Guelph)
- Evaluating Hay Quality (Oklahoma State)
- Visual Hay Assessment Scorecard (Equine Guelph)
- Understanding Hay Analysis (Penn State)
- Hay for Horse Health (TheHorse.com)
- Myths About Hay Selection (University of Kentucky)
- Horse Hay Q&A (TheHorse.com)
Unit 5 – Storage and Feeding
- Are Hay Preservatives Safe for Horses? (TheHorse.com)
- Your Horse Needs Forage, Even at Night (TheHorse.com)
- Free-Feeding Hay (TheHorse.com)
- Soaking your horse’s hay (University of Minnesota)
- Hay Soaking Tips (TheHorse.com)
- Steaming horse hay to reduce the effects of mold and dust (University of Minnesota)
- Fast Forage Switches Not Recommended for Horses (Equine Guelph)
- Horse Hay As A Cash Crop (OMAFRA)
- Tips for Growing and Selling Horse Hay:
Unit 6 – Pasture
- Horses and Sheep Coexist Well, Improve Pasture Health (TheHorse.com)
- Pasture Grass: The Healthy Choice (TheHorse.com)
- Pasture Quality and Abundance affects Contribution to Horse Diets (Kentucky Equine Research)
Unit 7 – Common Problems with Pastures
- Plants Toxic to Horses (Penn State)
- Poisoning of Horses by Plants (OMAFRA)
- The Horse Health Check (Equine Guelph)
- Fixing an Overgrazed Pasture (TheHorse.com)
- Creating better horse pastures (TheHorse.com)
Unit 8 – Best Pasture Management Practices
- How to Make Rotational Grazing Work on Your Horse Farm (Penn State)
- Fencing Fact Sheet (Equine Guelph)
- Webinar on Fencing featuring Dwayne Job, the CEO of System Equine
- Paddock Paradise Track System (Colorado State)
- Mud Management (Equine Guelph)
- Mud Management and Horses (Equine Guelph)
- Preparing Fences for Winter (Equine Guelph)
- “Wise Investments for Pasture Management” with Dr. Ray Smith.
- Equine pasture management – Cornell Vet Equine Seminar Series, April 2020
- Managing Established Horse Pastures (University of Minnesota)
- Initiating spring grazing (infographic, University of Minnesota)
Unit 9 – Assessment of Current Practices
- Horses: Feeding and Pastures (OMAFRA)
- Forages for Horses (University of Kentucky)
- “Keeping your pasture healthy throughout the year” – webinar by Dr. Simon Daniels, presented by World Horse Welfare:
Unit 10 – Finishing Up
- Results in from Guelph study on soaking and steaming Canadian hay (Equine Guelph) – Summary. Link to full study.
Study summaries from TheHorse.com:
- Study: Add Chopped Forage to Feed to Prolong Horses’ Meals
- Dominance or Foraging Efficiency: Which Causes Hefty Horses?
- New Study on Relationship between Blanketing and Hay
- Study: Straw-Hay Mix Helps Ponies Lose Weight Safely