It’s spring, finally! I’m based in Kentucky, so we’re starting to see better weather (although it snowed on the first day of spring). The grass is getting greener, the trees are budding, and there are flowers brave enough to show their faces. On the farm we’ve got our equipment checked out and ready for the […]
Good Pastures Make Good Horses As I mentioned in my previous blog about horse farm pasture maintenance, I have relied heavily on the advice of Roger Allman and Elise Wyer of The Farm Clinic for pasture testing and advice. All horse farm managers should have experts they can call on for specialized services in areas […]
So You Want a Horse Farm: Part 4 – Personnel In this final part of “So You Want A Horse Farm,” we’ll talk about the critical issue of staffing. Even if you are going to do all the work yourself, there will be some things that you might need to hire professionals to do, such as […]
So You Want a Horse Farm: Part 3 – Facilities In the first two sections of this blog on “So You Want A Horse Farm,” we talked about general planning and the environment needed for a successful horse operation. In this blog we’ll discuss the additions you bring to your horse farm, or the ones in […]
So You Want a Horse Farm: Part 2 – Environmental Planning In Part 1 of this blog we talked about general planning. We’ll continue on that theme while we talk about the environment for your horse farm. You must realize that you cannot make a farm fit the environment; the environment has to fit the […]