A former director of the Midwest Horse Fair pleaded not guilty this week to 41 felony counts of fraud and 19 counts of theft. Rhonda Reese of Columbus, Wisconsin is accused of embezzling around $239,000 while she was employed there from 2007 to 2017. According to the criminal complaint filed in January, the 51-year-old is […]

The FDA is investigating horse feed from a Minnesota co-op after six horses died from eating a single batch of the feed.  The feed is believed to contain monensin, an animal drug highly toxic to horses, even at low levels. On June 9, a farm in Minnesota began feeding its horses feed mixed by Gilman […]

Thanks to research conducted at the University of Arizona, horsemen and horsewomen may have a new tool to help manage equine stress, and it’s as simple as a sniff. A sniff of lavender, that is. Research recently published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science found significant signs of stress reduction in horses that inhaled […]

An Indiana family is looking for answers after finding two of their horses shot to death last week on their property. According to a GoFundMe started by Karen Ladwig Phillips, someone came on to the family’s property near Bainbridge on Sunday, July 1 while they slept and killed the registered quarter horses that were shown […]

The FDA is alerting veterinary medical professionals, as well as those who work with horses and pigs, that a synthetic progesterone product, altrenogest, may cause reproductive system disorders and other adverse effects in people who become exposed to the drug. The FDA is providing this alert because of the nature of the adverse events, some […]

With the increase in wet weather this spring, the Delaware Department of Agriculture has issued a warning to producers to not let their livestock fill up on buttercups. The bright yellow flower may look pretty across pastures, but it can be toxic to livestock and horses that ingest it. According to the Kentucky Equine Research, […]

For those far removed from the ranch and want to saddle up on their next vacay, Searle is their connection to experiencing the Old West.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has confirmed positive cases of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) in four horses at separate locations around the state. ODA has placed multiple facilities under quarantine and is actively investigating where these animals have been and what other animals might have been exposed. Two of the positive horses raced at […]