Ep. 56: Horse Feed Tags Demystified: How to Read and Compare Feeds

Scoop & Scale: An Equine Podcast (Mostly) About Nutrition

Ever found yourself in the feed store (or deep in a late-night Google search) wondering if there’s a better horse feed out there for your equine partner? With so many options and so much marketing jargon, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. In this episode, we take you through how to read and understand horse feed labels, so you can cut through the noise and make confident, informed choices for your horse’s nutrition.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Why a feed's name can be misleading
- How to find and understand the feed's purpose statement
- What the guaranteed analysis really tells you
- Why reading an ingredient list beyond the first few items is important
- Why feeding rate and bag weight can drastically change the real cost per day
- Common marketing buzzwords and product names designed to sway your decision (and how to look past them).
By the end of this episode, you’ll have a clear framework to evaluate your horse feed so you can confidently answer the question: Is this the right feed for my horse?

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