| What things make up your horse feed. Do you know? | | | | Did you know that corn and soy have been genetically |
| This is the question I asked myself years ago. It is | | | | modified since the 1960's. This was invented mainly to |
| interesting because I am always so concerned about | | | | increase crop yield, but was instituted without much |
| the things that enter my body. Yet, when it came to | | | | regard for it's health consequences. Soil depleted and |
| horse feed, I really didn't understand what I was | | | | low on minerals resulted in products having to be |
| feeding my baby. I made a decision to take control of | | | | fortified after harvest. When I learned this fact, I made |
| my own nutrition and that of my horse. | | | | sure that these types of products were excluded |
| After doing some checking around here is what I | | | | from my own diet. It seems logical to not feed them to |
| found in the feed that I was previously using which I | | | | my horse either. Yet another reason why I opted for a |
| discovered could be detrimental to the health of my | | | | natural horse feed. |
| horse. | | | | Added sugars. |
| Grain Middlings. | | | | I didn't realize that after adding all of these middlings |
| Middlings are the leftover things that end up on the | | | | and many GMO product that are not normally |
| floor of the mill when processing feeds. I say things | | | | palatable to horses are added, that they would then |
| because nobody can really tell you what is in them. | | | | add large amount of sugar to the feed. The nearest I |
| They can include dust, dirt, particles of other feeds, and | | | | can figure, is that this is necessary to get the animals |
| really any old thing that sneak onto the floor of the mill | | | | to actually eat the concoction. I kind of view this as the |
| during processing. I don't know about you, but I have | | | | equivalent of dumping a mound of sugar on cereal in |
| been taught not to eat off the floor, I don't think it is | | | | the morning. I wouldn't do it for me kids, so I don't think |
| such a good idea for my horse either. I don't know for | | | | I'll be doing it for my horse either. |
| sure, but dirt doesn't seem to have much nutritional | | | | I hope this article offers insight to people looking for a |
| value to me. I mean, I have heard of the ten second | | | | good natural horse feed. I have obviously not had |
| rule, but please. | | | | these statements evaluated by the FDA, they are |
| GMO's Genetically modified organisms. | | | | strictly my opinion. |