Seasonal turns bring many changes on the farm, both with our vegetation and with our animals. One of the most common questions we hear this time of year is, “Why have my chickens stopped laying?”With the sophisticated nutrition and selective breeding behind today’s poultry, we’re used to very high levels of productivity. Most robust breeds […]
Forage will only ever be as good as the dirt it came from. Is your soil deficient? You are not alone. We live in farm country. We know our soil can grow tons of valued vegetation (and quite often vegetation you wish wouldn’t grow so happily). But along much of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, the […]
For most horse and livestock owners, feed freshness is a huge concern. To get the most nutritional value from your feed, it is best to use feeds that have been produced within 90 days. But why does a feed’s age matter so much? In the process of manufacturing, when vitamin sources come in physical contact […]
Our 70th anniversary logo has a few images you may or may not have found. It’s no Highlights magazine (anybody else obsessed with this part of your dental visits as a kid?), but take a moment and see if you can find a few things that don’t belong. The basis of the logo is our […]
We get red-faced, boot-stomping mad when we see there are peanut hulls in horse feed. Read on to find out why we’re so angry, and how to avoid digging a hole in your back yard and throwing your money into it. 1. Peanut hulls have almost zero nutritional value. Low protein. Low fat. Low minerals. […]