by SCFB | Aug 20, 2024 | Featured Content
by Donna M. Cecil Although our Summit County Fair has been put to bed for another year, there are stillsome counties yet to welcome their 2024 fairs. If you actually took the time to walk theaisles of the 4-H livestock barns and then took more time to “think about”...
by SCFB | Feb 10, 2024 | Farm Safety, Featured Content
We all have to agree that the 2023-24 winter season has been pretty darn mild, SOFAR! However, the weatherman predicted some pretty substantial snow the secondhalf of February into March. So, how cold is too cold to ride? The horse’s respiratory tract is designed to...
by SCFB | Jun 20, 2023 | Farm Safety, Featured Content
Every year we hear and read of “well meaning” neighbors that have gathered their freshly mowed grass clippings to share with the animals in the neighboring pasture – totally unaware of the harm, havoc and homicide they might be committing. Not all animals are...
by SCFB | Oct 1, 2022 | Featured Content
By Donna Cecil Have these last couple weeks of cooler weather sparked that winter readiness panic? Do you have enough hay squirreled away to get you through those “heavy hay feeding” cold winter months? I like to have about 1,800 to 2,000 small square...
by SCFB | May 1, 2022 | Featured Content
Did you know that abruptly putting a horse on pasture can lead to colic or laminitis? Here’s a little advice to help avoid health problems. I’m sure your horse will appreciate the opportunity to be turned out and have pasture access. But sudden dietary...
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