The Importance of Weighing Horse Feed

in the horses forage.
When feeding a concentrate giving the proper amount to a horse is important. Feed tags will typically say how many pounds of feed the horse will need for their bodyweight and life stage or work level. In some cases the feed bag will specify how many pounds of a particular feed are in one quart. However the most common practice in many equine stables to measure out grain is using scoops. Oftentimes the scoop is an old coffee can or other similar device. There are some scoops available for purchase that have quarts or pounds marked on the side but these scoops still do not indicate the weight of the feed as accurately as if one were to weigh the feed on a scale. Different types of feed can have the same volume measure but different weight measures Figure 2. If the feed is not weighed out and a scoop is used the correct amount of feed may not be given to your horse.

مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.

Figure 2. A threequart scoop was used to measure out three different types of grain beet pulp A pelleted feed B and a sweet feed C. All of the different feeds had the same volume measure but different weights. The beet pulp was 1 pound 6 ounces A the pelleted feed was 2 pounds 7 ounces B and the sweet feed was 1 pound and 15 ounces C. Photo credit Bethany Bickel.
As an example imagine you have two different types of feed in your feed room which we will call Grain 1 and Grain 2. Grain 1 may be denser than grain 2 meaning that for the same volume measured grain 1 will weigh more than grain 2. So if you use a scoop and fill it to the 1quart line of Grain 1

أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.

and then Grain 2 grain 1 may weigh one pound while grain 2 may weigh three pounds Figure 3. For example extruded feed is generally lighter than sweet feed. While this might not seem like a big deal if you are not feeding the correct amount of feed by weight to your horse you horse might not get the correct amount of nutrients such as vitamins and minerals that they need in their diet.

تتأثر أسعار السيارات من شركات مثل مرسيدس بتقلبات أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار، مما يؤدي إلى زيادة تكاليف الإنتاج والاستيراد.

Figure 3. Different types of grains of the same volume can have different densities. Graphic developed by Erin Orr.
Using other objects around the barn to measure out