Reducing Feed Costs

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I had a major shock when I went to buy feed on Saturday - over £9.00/bag - I don't want to compromise on quantity or quality but do want to reduce costs! I have always used the top brands for chaff & competition mix/pony nuts - does anyone have any suggestions?
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Go to frontier in Sandy. Their own brand/economy food is very good.......and they are cheaper for other brands too
 
Other than not feed, not sure what to suggest. Our local feed merchant has their feed made by Baileys but it's a lot cheaper. Also if they have good access to forage they will not as much hard feed.
 
All prices are dropping in October

The non of the wheat produced in the UK made milling quantity and there is a huge amount of feed quality grain around

My supplier said the new prices lists are out shortly.
 
What specific products do you feed at the moment? I find the best way to reduce feed costs is to feed as much good quality hay or haylage as you can, which then reduces the need for hard feed. In most normal situations, hay or haylage works out cheaper in terms of pence per calorie than hard feed.
 
I have never needed to spend a lot on feed tbh.

However, I now spend £30 every couple of months on F4F; £80 a year on a massive bag of garlic; about £50 on chaff during the summer (may-sept) and about £200 over the winter as I add in Alfa-A. I also buy speedibeet in winter - about 3 sacks. I think I probably spend about £700 a year on feed for 2 horses.

I have about 150-200 bales of hay a year, at a cost of £1 a bale for our own hay and £1.40 a bale for hay we buy off someone's field.

So in the feedstakes, our horse (potentially horses) are pretty inexpensive!
 
Well I always used to feed "named" feeds particulary Baileys Conditioning cubes and Alfa Oil, The last bags I bought were over £11.00 per bag.

Anyway drove past our CWG store and thought I would pop in and have a mooch round, on opening the door I was met with their own feed brand I enquired the price of their conditioning cubes and they were only £7.00 a bag, thought I would try one, got it home compared the content analysis to that of Baileys and it was the same and over £4.00 a bag cheaper, and my lovely lad eats it too.

So I have swapped on to their brand totally, feed and oil and saving myself a packet, well was until I had a massive blow on a new saddle.
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i feed sugar beet which is alot cheaper, a sack costs me 5.50 and lasts ages. in the winter i use alfa A aswell, but in the summer I try and just use the sugar beet as the bulk, to save on money. he also gets baileys conditioning cubes. personally i tried economy brands, and i didnt rate them, so i always feed top quality nuts/mix
 
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