NC Horse Blog

  Winter brings lots of rain and snow to North Carolina. While the snow can be beautiful, what it leaves behind is less so. The increased wi...

       If you are like everyone else, you are setting goals and priorities for the new year. Focusing some of your yearly priorities on impr...

This time of year can prove difficult to decide whether or not to put a blanket on your horse and how heavy that blanket should be. Below ar...

Written By: Dale Miller Marion County Extension Program Director Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Horses, unlike ATVs, can...

With the shortest day of the year right around the corner, it's easy to see why bears choose to hibernate!  But did you know that mares ...

Modern horse diets include grain and hay, which often time limits their grazing. Horses' teeth were made for grazing, so dental issues c...

  Do you have a mature adult horse at maintenance or in light work that is an easy keeper and can sustain on forage alone? Or do you have a ...