Hay isn’t something farmers can produce on demand. It’s tied tightly to the rhythm of the season. Grass and legumes must be seeded at specific times of year, and the crop only grows when temperature, daylight and soil moisture line up. A farmer can’t simply “make more” in winter or during a dry spell. The plants won’t grow, and the quality would be poor even if they tried. Every cut of hay is the product of that season’s rainfall, heat, and timing.

For many horses, the pattern with squamous ulcers (which means the top part of the stomach - glandular ulcers is the bottom part) looks deceptively simple: the horse scopes with ulcers, the vet prescribes omeprazole, the ulcers heal, the horse looks better… and then, a few weeks after stopping the drug, the symptoms creep back. Owners often feel like they’re doing something wrong that is preventing ulcer recovery, but the truth is that this cycle is built into the biology of

There’s no single “correct” way to care for a horse - only the best set of trade‑offs for your horse, in your environment, with your resources and your budget. Most of the long‑held beliefs that get argued to death on forums and social media share one flaw: they promise a universal rule in a world where horses simply don’t operate on universals. Nutrition, husbandry, behaviour are systems, and systems are shaped by context.