Grass!V interesting article on grass, sugars, grazing and health

[HeresHoping]

Blatantly stolen from Nic at Rockley:

http://www.farmersguardian.com/home...our-grass-for-a-horse-to-graze?/63000.article

This is fascinating. Also, well worth a read of Nic's take on it from her blog: http://rockleyfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/why-not-all-grass-is-created-equal-and.html

 

[JillA]

That is really interesting, thanks for posting. I think most of us did know grazing designed for cattle isn't good for horses, but not because of the species of grass. That is a huge sugar content in the ryegrass

 

[Yobbycob]

This thread ties in well with my earlier query posted about high sugar cattle grass. I am now even more worried how to combat the potential effect of grazing my two horses on these paddocks! Track and foggage? What is that???

 

[amandap]

Track and foggage? What is that???

Foggage is grass left to grow and grazed in the winter. .Google Paddock Paradise for info aboiut tracks. These pages will give you a good idea of the principle. http://www.performancebarefoot.co.uk/barefoothorsepaddockparadisetrack.html

 

[Yobbycob]

Brilliant amandap, thanks for your reply, i like the idea very much now.