BTB: Studies sometimes show what we already know...

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Studies sometimes show what we already know... Posted: 11 Apr 2010 01:26 PM PDT Heck, we've lived it. If you've read my blog entries about hay you won't be surprised that forage costs have increased the most... clipped from www.saskatoonhomepage.ca Eating Like a Horse The cost of owning a horse is more than double what it was nearly 10 years ago. That is one of the statistics in a study commissioned by the Saskatchewan Horse Federation. Vel Evans with Strategic Equine Inc. says the average 2001 cost of keeping a horse was $375. That jumped to $785 per horse in 2009. The biggest part of the increase was hay and forage costs, which can vary from year-to year, depending on yields. The study also estimates there are approximately 115,000 horses and 11,000 horse owners in Saskatchewan.

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