Cape-weed, especially when it has been mowed, can cause ‘neurological’ issues in horses. Sometimes signs are only mild as in being spooky but occasionally they are far more serious

When rehabbing horses and ponies from laminitis, head-shaking and many other issues we categorize as ‘grass-affected’, these new ‘green shoots’ can cause a relapse.

Her sensitive, but normally sane stock horse started to change...

Consuming a small amount here and there won’t hurt most horses, but if you don’t keep on top of it, it can take over and become highly problematic.

Grass after a drought-breaking rain is highly potent in potassium and nitrogen especially when it is fluorescent!

The more FIBRE you feed, the less likely your horse will develop issues, and therefore the less supplements you'll need to fix them!

Lush grass has a high water content BUT because it is mainly leaves and not much stem it still lacks fibre and won’t fulfill daily fibre requirements.

A healthy horse depends on a healthy microbiome which is reliant on the FIBRE content of the FORAGE .

A sudden change from shorter grass to lusher grass is just like someone put petrol into their diesel motor!

It is not possible to balance to forage rendered unsuitable by excesses unless they can be substantially reduced by limiting short or lush grass intake in some way.

...another role of histamines is stimulating stomach acid secretion.

It is natural for horses to be able to graze - it is WHAT THEY ARE GRAZING that is not natural forage for many domestic horses globally...

It pays to be aware that there are TWO potential causes of ‘staggers’...

People are getting thrown off their horses in all sorts of unexpected ways and means...

‘Under-supplementing’ is feeding your horse the bare minimum to keep him ‘out of deficiency’.

Teff is a warm season grass like kikuyu so is generally lower in NSC’s than cool season grasses...

This is for people who struggle with more extreme issues and who also struggle to understand what their horse's forage has to do with it

Neither clovers, nor lucerne are GRASSES so are not suited for horses who evolved as Graminivores (Grass eaters) – a vital point...

Yes it does for some horses. What is fantastic here in NZ these days is that companies (for example - Jones Hay, Northland and Highfield...

If your horse is out on fresh pasture of any sort, whether short and green, or lush and green then you need to supplement more fibre into