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Some Often Forgotten Info On Pastures During and After Drought

9/15/2016

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Here in Bucks County PA we are suffering from NO rain!  We need it desperately!  We don’t need build an ark kind of rain, but some nice slow steady rain for a few days. I know my pastures are TIRED and THIRSTY!  
One thing I have always noticed in my 30+ years of barn managing is that people often forget that all of this dry weather brings up lots of issues in terms of horse and pasture management.  Horses are at greater risk of colic and laminitis (founder) now while the grass is stressed from this drought and after we finally get rain and it begins to grow again.  Grass after a drought should be thought about just like it was spring grass.

I thought I might share some articles that people might find helpful and interesting.  Feel free to share and comment to add to the discussion!

http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-health/preventing-grass-founder.aspx
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/28103/managing-horses-during-drought
http://stablemanagement.com/article/horse-pasture-management-drought-situations-29096
https://www.southernstates.com/articles/managing-pasture-during-drought-conditions.aspx
http://www.thehorse.com/articles/26766/pasture-sugars
http://www.safergrass.org/pdf/VCNApreprint.pdf
http://www.safergrass.org/pdf/nfcfactors.pdf
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