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Is Your Horse Suffering Reactions to Pickled Forage?

Organic Horse Hay Makes A World Of Difference To Horse's Health It's been a busy hay season at our organic hay farm between dodging the rain deluges earlier in the year then the dry weeks late in the season. These elements all combined to provide a very up and down experience.  For horse owners as the summer season ends the season of stocking up on forage supplies is just beginning. Question is, how many horse owners are aware of just what their hay contains and of what negative effects it is having on their horses' health? Bottom line up front - horses do better on small squares of organically grown and produced hay than hay produced by commonplace farming methods that include use of preservatives. And here's the reasoning behind that statement. Working Hard To Do Better Why did we begin this endeavor of hay farming in the first place? And what difference has it made to the health of our horses? I think a LOT. We've been producing our own hay at our farm in the C