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  Discussion on Commercial Grain VS True grain mix feed
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Member:
mysi

Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 9:39 pm:

I currently feed Nutrena Safe Choice Senior to one horse and Enrich 32 Ration balancer to my other 5, all with free choice pasture 24/7 (free choice hay in the winter). I myself eat pretty clean, organic, non GMO diet. I know I may be weird, but I feel like its beneficial to me and the environment. With that being said, I am happy with my horses current body conditions but not happy with the commercial grain industry and the quality of ingredients. In my research I have discovered a somewhat local farm the makes their own grain mix that is completely organic and GMO free. They also grow their own organic GMO free alfalfa hay. But... I have never fed true grains before and most people dont really know much about it. To me it seems like the natural choice. My 5 horses dont eat much so would a small amount of this meet their nutritional needs? Any thoughts on this? I would love some opinions. Here is the list of ingredients, and they also custom make any mix you want.

Min. Crude Protein 16.8%
Min. Crude Fat 7.2%
Max. Crude Fiber 4.9%
Ingredients: Whole Grains [Organic Corn, Organic Oats, Organic Roasted Soybeans], Plant
Protein Products (Organic Molasses), Horse Power (Mono Calcium Phosphate, Shell Flour,
Salt, Dehydrated Seaweed Meal, Roughage Products (Rice Hulls), Alfalfa Meal, Calcium
Carbonate, Dried Molasses, Magnesium Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Ferrous Sulfate
Monohydrate, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate,
Vegetable Oil, Copper Sulfate, Dried Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Product, Porcine
Pancreatin USP, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus
Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Niacin
Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Ascorbic Acid, D-Pantothenic Acid,
Riboflavin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine
HyDrOchloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Cobalt Carbonate, Menadione Sodium Bi-Sulfate
Complex, Biotin),Organic Flax, Organic RC Gold (Certified Organic Dehydrated Kelp, Certified
Organic Dried Alfalfa Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Dried Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermentation
Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation extract, Dried Fermentation Products of
Lactobacillus acidophilus, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum,
Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Extract, and Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation
Product, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12
Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine HyDrOchloride, Polysaccharide Complexes of Zinc,
Manganese, Iron, Copper and Cobalt, Certified Organic Vegetable Oil), and Diatomaceous
Earth.
Moderator:
DrO

Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2014 - 8:48 am:

Hello Melissa,
The nutritional density in a organic non-genetically modified food will be the same as that to a similar feed that does not have what some would label organically grown or is GMO. If that is the case you will have to feed similar weights to what you are feeding now.
DrO
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