Title: Identify the methods of pasture management.
Course: Equine Science (18104-I) > Section: Managing the Stable

Identification should include

- pasture rotation and soil testing to determine the proper amounts of lime and nutrients
- stocking rate of at least one acre of quality pasture per horse
- removal or breakup of manure
- removal of poisonous plants
- pasture condition scoring.

Teacher Resource:

- Natural Resources Conservation Service: Guide to Pasture Condition Scoring, USDA

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can pasture destruction be reduced around feeding, watering, and resting areas?
- Why is it financially important to soil test pastures before liming or fertilizing?
- How do endophytes affect a horse? How might pasture management affect parasite loads?
- How does overgrazing increase the likelihood of weed and noxious plant growth?
- What plant may cause a horse to develop “slobbers” or excessive drooling?