Making your own hay or outsourcing it: at what cost?

Hay is a staple forage in horse nutrition. It can cover 60 to 100% of dietary needs depending on the horse's activity or type. Some farms have the hay made by a third party in exchange for part of the production, while others make it entirely themselves. Is it financially more advantageous to make it yourself or outsource it?

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Contribution detail info

Location
  • France
Authors
  • Charlotte GEYL
Purpose
  • Communication
  • Dissemination
File type
Document
File size
241 kB
Created on
13-07-2017
Origin language
French
Official project website
Horse grazing - Normandy
License
CC BY

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