Mercer County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024





1017 - Equine
1017.1) 115

Number of people who increased knowledge of horse health, nutrition, and care

1017.12) 0

Number of equine owners/ operators who demonstrates good animal health practices (i.e. track drug use, chemicals, feed additives and movement, change vaccination and/or antibiotics protocols as appropriate, deworming strategy, treat disorder properly)

1017.11) 0

Number of equine owners/operators who adopted best practices to improve or maintain animal nutriton by selecting feed based on ingredients, using body conditioning scores, use a complete mineral supplement, use hay test analysis, and/or calculating supplemental nutrition for the life cycle  



Success Stories

Equine Farm and Facility Expo

Author: Linda McClanahan

Major Program: Equine

The Equine Agents Working Group with our equine extension specialist worked to redefine and expand the Equine Farm and Facilities Expo. The intent this year was to get back to more of the original focus of this event which is to assist the small to medium sized acreage horse farm owner select equipment, design facilities and adopt practices which improve their farm operation. This year, we also expanded the speakers to include topics on farm safety, equipment safety and mental health. These topi

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