It should contain at least 15 percent fiber if no hay is fed, but nutritionists do not recommend no hay being fed. Drought, blizzards, freeze and other conditions have proven tough on horse owners as well as livestock producers to find suitable feed for their animals. Hansen said producers need to try not to feed less than 1 percent of the horse's weight in good, clean, long-stemmed (hay) forage per day. Many types of hay can be fed to horses, but more nutrient dense hays, such as alfalfa,...

Pet owners who do or do not want to feed a pet a certain ingredient can look at the list of ingredients to make sure that particular substance is included or excluded. And pet food manufacturers compete for these dollars by trying to make their products stand out among the many types of dry, moist, and semi-moist foods available. Some people prefer to pass up animal by-products, which are proteins that have not been heat processed (unrendered) and may contain heads, feet, viscera and other...

In good faith you can't charge a livestock producer what it would take to make up the loss. Nationally, drought, winter kill, spring freeze and the switching of hay acres to corn and other crops have cut the hay supply by 30 percent since last year, 46 percent from 2005, according to the U. That acreage should have produced 150 tons of hay. The switch to soybeans reduces Borchers' hay ground this year from 200 acres to 140, matching a national trend. Livestock producers who depend on...

I am quite sure that it will not surprise you to know that the pet food industry denies that any companian pets are used in pet food. The Labeling Act states that pet food must list the name and address of the company that produced the pet food. It will probably come as no surprise that the pet food industry takes in billions of dollars every year in sales. However, the source of the protein in the pet food can be from practically any source: condemned material from slaughterhouses,...

Will it now take an even worse scenario for the FDA to initiate aggressive new changes in the way it inspects imported products for human consumption?As disturbing as that possibility is, nearly six years after the United States was viciously attacked by terrorists, it appears more likely than not, considering the FDA's sorry track record. Will it now take an even worse scenario for the FDA to initiate aggressive new changes in the way it inspects imported products for human consumption?As...