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Idle Curiosity - How Many Horses?
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<blockquote data-quote="hayray" data-source="post: 641067" data-attributes="member: 3046"><p>In Michigan where I am I would say 2 acres per cow for about a 6 month growing period and I would double that acreage for a horse. When you look up research data on nutritional requirements of a horse and cow on a pound for pound basis are pretty much the same, especially as far as dry matter intake is concearned. However, that does not factor in the behavior differences between the two. Cows graze/eat for an average of 8 hours per day and horses I think I read studies saying 16-18 hours per day and this causes horses to over-graze and eat beyond their necessities. Another factor is that horses are more selective in grazing habits and will over-utilize small amounts of pasture leaving virtually large areas untouched. The over-utilization of pasture areas destroys the productivity by damaging growth tillers of grasses. For this reason I would really not try to manage too much pasture area for horses. Winter stock piling tends to get more useage as far as horses go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayray, post: 641067, member: 3046"] In Michigan where I am I would say 2 acres per cow for about a 6 month growing period and I would double that acreage for a horse. When you look up research data on nutritional requirements of a horse and cow on a pound for pound basis are pretty much the same, especially as far as dry matter intake is concearned. However, that does not factor in the behavior differences between the two. Cows graze/eat for an average of 8 hours per day and horses I think I read studies saying 16-18 hours per day and this causes horses to over-graze and eat beyond their necessities. Another factor is that horses are more selective in grazing habits and will over-utilize small amounts of pasture leaving virtually large areas untouched. The over-utilization of pasture areas destroys the productivity by damaging growth tillers of grasses. For this reason I would really not try to manage too much pasture area for horses. Winter stock piling tends to get more useage as far as horses go. [/QUOTE]
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