by Jonathan Holmes | Feb 14, 2019 | Equine management, Grassland Management
Laminitis is a crippling disorder that causes the soft tissues within a horse’s hoof to swell and weaken. Dietary management is one of the best ways to prevent laminitis. So let’s take a look at horses and their diet… Horses are fundamentally...
by Jonathan Holmes | Jan 8, 2019 | Grassland Management
“Globally averaged concentrations of CO2 reached 403.3 parts per million (ppm) in 2016, up from 400.00 ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Niño event,” according to The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency’s annual...
by Jonathan Holmes | Jan 2, 2019 | Grassland Management
“There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average” Stephen Hawking A sobering thought when we are trying to feed our horses grass for as long as possible. To weather proof our soils for the benefit of the grass, and...
by Jonathan Holmes | Jul 20, 2018 | Grassland Management
Whatever your soil type, mismanagement can rapidly deplete the soil fertility and create an unproductive environment for any crop to grow in. Over the millennia, the mineral particles that created soil will have experienced different weather patterns, therefore the...
by Jonathan Holmes | Jan 26, 2018 | Equine management, Grassland Management
Many of the equine pastures that we’re called out to inspect have been subjected to a well-meaning approach that may have supplied short-term benefits but has created more problems than it solved. This approach is often presented as a ‘solution in a bag’ – where...
by Jonathan Holmes | Nov 24, 2017 | Equine management, Grassland Management
Soil sampling to correct possible problems, or to find out what is happening in the soil, is best carried out in the autumn or winter months. Once results are analysed, there is plenty of time to apply corrective fertiliser in the winter so that it is available in the...
