Posted by John (C-IL) on March 09, 2008 at 10:28:53 from (205.188.117.74):
In Reply to: Re: Horse farms posted by dave2 on March 09, 2008 at 09:41:19:
For the record I make my living making and selling horse feed.
Hate may be a strong word, but there is a certain amount of disdain directed toward horse people. Some of that stems from jealousy as the horse owner has disposable income that they use to support their horses that most "farmers" see as a waste of resources. That 10 or 20 acre "hobby farm" could be used to produce crops. The same horse people that move to the country are the first to compalin about noise, dust, traffic from farm machinery, restrictive zoning, being expected to provide adequate fencing and security for their animals and the odors from hogs, cattle and sheep.
The ag community is full of stories about horse people that abused private property rights by riding on posted ground, didn't pay for hay, thought that they should pay less than market rates or were abusive when told what it would cost to board their horse or weren't allowed "free" pasture access.
Lately the stories of starving horses are truely appalling, Horses abandoned in the Shawnee National Forest or just plain abandoned.
I don't know the answers or have any solutions, but it should be required of prospective horse owners what the costs of feed, boarding, veterinary care, shoeing and general costs are. I know I have had several people decide not to buy a horse when they figured out what the costs were.
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