Introduction - CRF Horse Nutrition Guide
CRF Horse Nutrition Guide
Introduction
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Horses – and their close relatives such as ponies, donkeys and mules – are integral to cultures around the globe. Brought to North America by European explorers and settlers, the history of the horse ties both Old World to New.
The famous draft horses of France, the Percherons, served in battle during the Middle Ages and settled into farm work in the centuries afterward. Similarly, no picture of the American West would be complete without the cattle cutting and herding abilities of the Quarterhorse or the pre-telegraph messaging service, the Pony Express.
Today, horses and ponies are most likely considered companion animals. Their average lifespan of 25 – 30 years means they are with us for much of our lives, enabling us to build a long-term bond that we can’t with our other animals.
Because your horse will be a part of your life for years to come, it is important that you help ensure your friend’s longevity by proper care and feeding.
CRF’s Long-Range Commitment to Equine Research
Our mission is to ensure that CRF research supports the development of equine feeds that address the needs of both the companion-horse owner and the professional horse industry alike. CRF has taken as its over-arching objective to improve the performance, health, economics and experience of horse ownership via CRF research-based programs. We take that mission a step further by transferring economic advantages to our customers and the nutritional benefits of our research to the horses they feed.
The Equine & Specialty Research Team has identified five specific equine categories that would provide the greatest benefit to our customers. We commit to sponsoring research in each of these areas over the next three to five years:
• Performance Horses • Pleasure Horses • Breeding • Growing Horses • Senior Horses
A Large Scale Partnership
Research of the magnitude needed to be statistically valid is inherently expensive. So it’s smart for feed manufacturers to join forces and share expenses.
It’s also smart to buy from these cost-savvy feed producers. Because when we’re watching out for our dollars, we’re watching out for yours too.
By spreading the expense of research over the millions of tons of feed supplied by our members, CRF can keep the costs of research to only pennies per ton of feed.
Through innovative partnerships and cost sharing, CRF has been able to turn its collective knowledge into profits and increase productivity for its members for over 50 years.
This partnership enables CRF members to be the first with an array of patented techniques and products designed to make farming more profitable for you.