This event is for horse owners and caretakers.

Topics: 

Feeding Horses Through Winter-  Learn about the importance of body condition, scoring your hairy horse, winter dehydration, and managing hay supplies as well as hay alternatives through the winter months. Dr. Christine Skelly, MSU Equine Extension Specialists

Green Horse Ownership– Keeping horses requires many inputs from feed to tack, but let’s consider the outputs. Potential undesirable impacts on soil, water, and air, as well as human and animal health, can be managed or avoided with thoughtful action.  This presentation will highlight how to recognize the environmental risks on your farm to not only address the problem, but also create opportunities for natural resource stewardship, improving the sustainability of horse ownership. Erica Rogers and Sarah Fronczak, MSU Extention Environmental Management Educators

Housing Your Horse During Winter– Tips and considerations for housing your horses(s) throughout the sometimes arctic blast of wintertime. Tom Guthrie, MSU Extension Statewide Equine Educator

How To Register: Call Macom County Farm Bureau, Kin Trpcevski at 586-727-0025 *RSVP IS REQUIRED!*

Other questions: Tom Guthrie, 517-788-4292

Sponsors: presented by Michigan State University Extension in collaboration with Macomb County Farm Bureau