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Stable Management

Learn all you can about equine facility management from Horse Illustrated's stable management articles. We write about the outside of the stable or barn to everything on the inside, including tack rooms, stalls, bedding, and farm equipment. Learn all you need to about stable management, especially when it comes to safety around the stable, organization, barn rules, insuring a barn, emergency planning, running an equine facility or business, choosing the best bedding, building a barn on your perfect equine property, creating the perfect wash rack, adding amenities to the farm, and so much more. To horse lovers, the barn is their second home. Is it any wonder that horse people want that barn to be clean, organized, safe, comfortable, and managed well.

Q: How do I find a good retirement home for my horse? And if I have to send her far away, how can I be sure she'll be taken care of? A: Thorough research is the key to finding...
Sub-Compact Tractors (Under 30 HP)Kioti CK27 - Click for full-sized imageKIOTI CK27The KIOTI CK27 is a smaller yet well-powered tractor that offers great maneuverability and fuel economy.  It is available with a choice of either hydrostatic or synchro shuttle...
Tractor by Matthew Baron on flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0  A few years back, I invested in a brand-new "lady tractor” for my farm. I call it a lady tractor because it’s a sub-compact tractor and at 16.7 PTO horsepower, it’s the...

Small Acreage Challenges

Small pastures require more maintenance. If you don’t remove manure, you need to spread it often. If you don’t rotate pastures, or don’t keep horses off them when the ground is soft, you won’t have forage. If you allow...
Resources Carolina Storage SolutionsBarn Light ElectricLucas Equine Rhino Buildings Read more on home horsekeeping Ride at Home: Build Your Perfect Arena >> Selecting a Barn Builder >> 10 Questions to Ask Your Barn Builder >> Budgeting for a Barn >>

Finding Barn Help

For emergencies or when career demands require time away from home, or you simply would like to get away, you need experienced, competent backup support. Post a list in your barn of people to call in a crisis.Find a reliable...
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Think Small

Given the option, most horse owners would pasture their horses in spacious fields where the horses can run or graze to their heart’s content. Realistically, most of us simply can’t afford sizeable properties, and we feel fortunate to own...
Next spring you plan to take your horse to a big event several hundred miles away. To reach your destination, you may travel through states you’ve never before visited. Since equine transportation regulations vary from state to state, how will...
Worried about resistance? Concerned that your parasite control program isn’t working as well as it used to? With questions like these, it can pay to incorporate fecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) into your...
With cold weather right around the corner, the grass is dying off and truckloads of hay are being delivered for the winter. The change in seasons also brings a change in your horse's nutritional needs, so make sure you're...
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