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About Nutrena® Horse Nutrition

Optimum Nutrition
It takes optimum nutrition to help your horse to develop properly, stay healthy and perform to the best of its ability. While others only consider ingredients - Nutrena focuses on nutrients. That's why their equine nutritional solutions are formulated to deliver the right balance of nutrients your horse needs every day.

Sound Science
Nutrena is unique in its disciplined, scientific approach to animal nutrition. At the Cargill Animal Nutrition Innovation Campus located on 900 acres of land, our expert team of scientists includes more than 25 PhDs from all over the world focused on one thing: using sound science to create superior nutritional solutions. Cargill's innovative research into the nutritional needs of horses is enhanced by relationships with several leading universities. Partnering with these institutions gives us access to the specialized expertise we need to develop Nutrena® products that are uniquely suited for all types of horses at every stage of their life.

Peak Performance
Peak performance means different things to different horse owners. If you ride a horse in competition, Nutrena has a feed that will help your horse achieve peak power and stamina. If trail riding with a companion horse is more your style, we have the perfect feed to keep your horse in tip-top shape and ready to ride.


Life DesignLIFE DESIGN YOUTH
For pregnant mares, foals and growing horses
  • Feed to mares during the last 1/2 of pregnancy to promote healthy prenatal development
  • Highly palatable pellet promotes consistent intake and prevents sorting of ingredients
  • Same feed for mare and foal allows for an easy transition at weaning time
  • Formulated for proper growth of foal through the 2nd year
  • Guaranteed amino acid levels to support muscle maintenance and health
  • Organic trace mineral complexes for increased bioavailability, immune system support and protein utilization
  • Guaranteed levels of biotin to support muscle, hair coat and hoof development

LIFE DESIGN PRIME
PrimePremium nutrition for horses in their prime
  • Provides premium balanced nutrition for maintenance to active horses
  • Moderate calorie level for easier keepers
  • Guaranteed amino acid levels to support muscle maintenance and health
  • Organic trace mineral complexes for increased bioavailability, immune system support and protein utilization
  • Guaranteed levels of biotin to support muscle, hair coat and hoof development.

LIFE DESIGN COMPETE
Bring out the winner in your performance horse
    Compete
  • For peak performance and quick recovery after competition
  • High fat formula for extra energy and improved stamina
  • Controlled starch design to support healthy digestion and performance levels
  • Guaranteed amino acid levels to support muscle maintenance and health
  • Organic trace mineral complexes for increased bioavailability, immune system support and protein utilization
  • Guaranteed levels of biotin to support muscle, hair coat and hoof development

LIFE DESIGN SENIOR
Superior nutrition for senior horses
    Senior
  • Easily digestible blend of nutrients is ideal for the aging digestive system
  • Contains rice bran, flaxseed, and beet pulp for overall health
  • Added yeast cultures and direct-fed microbials to aid in nutrient digestion and availability
  • Highly palatable formula encourages consistent consumption
  • Feed as sole ration or in combination with hay
  • Guaranteed amino acid levels to support muscle maintenance and health
  • Organic trace mineral complexes for increased bioavailability, immune system support and protein utilization
  • Guaranteed levels of biotin to support muscle, hair coat and hoof development.

XTN
For horses in rigorous training or competition
    XTN
  • Delivers maximum performance under extreme conditions
  • Combination of fat and fiber from vegetable oils, beet pulp and highly digestible steam-flaked oats and barley to support optimum growth and performance.
  • High-fat rice bran and flaxseed for an improved blend of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
  • Concentrated energy sources allow for more hay and less grain to be fed
  • Guaranteed amino acid levels to support muscle maintenance and health
  • Highly digestible nutrients for enhanced feed efficiency
  • Includes probiotics, yeast culture, and lysolecithins to support gut health and aid in digestibility
  • Organic trace mineral complexes for increased bioavailability, immune system support and protein utilization
  • Guaranteed levels of biotin to support muscle, hair coat and hoof development


SAFE CHOICE
Unique safe-energy formula, balanced for horses in all life stagesSafe Choice
  • Controlled starch design to support healthy digestion and performance levels
  • Guaranteed amino acid levels to support muscle maintenance and health
  • Added yeast culture and direct-fed microbials to aid in nutrient digestion and availability
  • Organic trace mineral complexes for increased bioavailability, immune system support and protein utilization
  • Guaranteed levels of biotin to support muscle, hair coat and hoof development


VitalityVITALITY SWEET FEED

  • Increased fat level to help provide maximum caloric intake, improve performance and increase endurance
  • Proteins balanced on amino acids - lysine and methionine included to aid in ensuring maximum use of protein, helping to enhance hoof and hair condition
  • Yeast added as an aid in digestion
  • Organic trace minerals included, promoting maximum vitamin and mineral absorption and utilization
  • High palatability due to textured nature of this feed



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BuckeyeBUCKEYE

Forage - either hay or pasture - is the most natural and preferred feed for horses providing the foundation for all equine diets. Although forage should make up the main part of the diet, and can meet your horse's energy requirements, forage alone will not meet all of their nutritional needs. Different types of forage provide different levels of protein, vitamins, and minerals that may not support your specific horse's needs.

Using the Gro 'n Win range of products, it is easy to tailor your horse's feeding program to meet the unique nutritional requirements for work and life stages. Ration balancers such as Gro 'n Win are designed to provide all of the vitamins and minerals your hay is lacking without providing nutrients your horse doesn't need. The amino and fatty acids in Gro 'n Win are scientifically proven to benefit your horse's overall health by providing essential building blocks for muscle development and aiding in immune response.

By utilizing a diet with low starch and sugar you can help prevent or regulate many nutrition-related disorders such as Laminitis, Insulin Resistance, Typing-Up, Cushing's Disease, EPSM, and HYPP. By decreasing the insulin spike in your horse's diet, you can also lessen hyperactivity creating a smoother, quieter performance in the ring or in the barn.


Grow`n Win Alfa


Gro 'n Win Alfa 11%
  • scientifically formulated for horses on legume forage.







Gro`n Win


Gro 'n Win 32%
  • scientifically formulated for horses on grass or mixed forage.







Ultimate Finish
    Ultimate Finish
  • 25% fat supplement used to increase calories without adding more grain
  • Blend of vegetable oils from flaxseed, soybeans and rice bran
  • Fortified with minerals and vitamins so no dilution of the diet occurs
  • High in Omega-3 fatty acids
  • Mixes easily with grains and will not sift out
  • Reduces the amount of grain needed (i.e. EPSM horses)
  • Use for hard keepers and horses that need to gain weight

Ultimate Finish
Ultimate Finish 100
  • unique 100% dry vegetable fat for today's active horses
  • dense source of calories for all horses used to increase the percentage of fat calories in the ration
  • Highly palatable and digestible
  • Ideal for mixing with grain mixes or pelleted feeds



Cadence
Cadence
Show, Training, Working, Lessons…
  • Cadence is perfect for the working horse that needs extra calories. It keeps your working horse in amazing condition while keeping him calm, cool, and collected. This feed brings out your horse's greatest potential.




Unbeetable
Unbeetable

Let's face it - horses can be finicky eaters, and that can cost even your finest athlete the energy he needs on the track. That's why BUCKEYE Nutrition created Unbeetable.

Rich with high-energy beet pulp and made with the highest quality molasses, Unbeetable will deliver the energy your horse needs, and not a scrap will be left in his feed tub!




Grass-Plus
Grass Plus Minerals
  • A mixture of minerals, vitamins and amino acids
  • Mineral levels and ratios are balanced to supplement horses that are eating grass or mixed hay and/or pasture
  • Added amino acids for improved muscle, hoof and hair condition


Alfa-Plus

Alfalfa Plus Minerals
  • A mixture of minerals and vitamins for horses
  • Mineral levels and ratios are balanced to supplement horses eating alfalfa or clover hay and/or pasture
  • Minerals and vitamins are essential for optimum health maintenance



Harvest Salt
  • Formulated to provide copper, zinc, iodine, and selenium to complement today’s forages
  • Contains higher levels of trace minerals than other TM salt
  • Chelates and suflates are used to increase absorption of minerals

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Helpful Tipz:

Weighing Your Horse without a Scale

Knowing your horse’s weight is important for such tasks as determining feeding rates, deworming, and dosage of other medications. Few people have access to a scale, and the typical heart girth weight tape can easily be off by up to 150 pounds or more. Here is a simple formula involving two measurements on the horse, taken in inches, which can be used to generate a very accurate weight predication.
(Heart girth x heart girth x body length) / 330 = Weight
The number 330 is a constant value that is used for mature horses. Should you be measuring a yearling, use the number 301 in place of the 330, and if you are measuring a weanling, use 280 as your constant value.

Body length will take two people to measure, and it is important to consider the disposition of the horse you are trying to measure so no one gets hurt. This measurement is taken from the point of the shoulder (run your hand down the angle of the shoulder and feel for the end of the scapula bone), straight along the horse’s side, and to the point of the buttock. The horse must be standing squarely for this measurement to be accurate.

Heart girth is taken in the same manner as the traditional weight tape, using the highest part of the withers and keeping the tape as close behind the elbow as possible. Measurements to compare an individual horse’s weight should be taken at the same time of the day, preferably prior to morning feeding and watering for the most accurate readings.


Horse Health Record

Find here a Horse Health Record in PDF that you can print, fill out and keep!


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