Calling all horse owners....national research project released

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Myerscough College, in conjunction with Waltham, are carrying out research with the aim to assess the quality of forage that we are producing here in the UK at the present time. The first stage of this research is to gauge the attitudes and opinions of horse owners towards the provision of forage in the diet, with particular focus on sourcing of forage, selection criteria and feeding strategies.

The project aims to be the biggest of its kind, gathering a large amount of information from across the whole of the UK to allow us to understand the current situation that horse owners face with regards to forage provision and purchase.

For taking part in the study, participants can WIN the chance to have a full nutritional analysis of their forage done. The results of the forage analysis will form the second stage of the research to gauge forage quality. It will only take 5-10 mins to take part! Please also like us on Facebook and share with as many horsey lovers as you can.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NationalPreservedForageSurvey

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have completed but not easy to do! would be more helpful if "do you own more than 1 horse " was at the beginnig. Also the part about buying forage --I dont buy it, I make my own, but I had to answer that question before it would let me move on. Some questions were a tad ambiguoius, the one about forage colour, poorly coloured forage can still be palatable and dust free the definition of poor colour is very subjective. mouldy or rotten hay is another matter .
 
I've completed it, but I don't think it will give you true answers :) If you are looking for a large, statistically significant sample of the horse owning population, I think you need a more comprehensive questionnaire.
 
Done, but I would have answered quite a few questions differently with more options available.

Critical to choice of forage - but not on your list is the guarantee (or otherwise) that it is free from ragwort - we make our own and this is one of the key reasons - unless you have seen the field yourself how can you be sure it's not in there.
I also believe approved ridign schools have to buy hay that is certified as ragwort free (but not sure on that)
 
The link is now sorted for 'home growers' so you won't have to answer the additional question that is not applicable. This will be taken into account in the ones done so far.

Thanks to everyone who is participating!:)
 
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