The Boyd County Extension Office offered the Horse College Program again for the third time. As the first ever Horse Course, which became the Horse College, was started here, it was gratifying to see that the program is still in high demand.
This year's Program had a one night high attendance of 78 people, and averages about 68 per session, which is the largest ever at a Horse College Program in the state.
While numbers do not reflect changes on the farm, changes are being seen. More attention is being paid to the types of grasses being raised as horse forage on the farms, with more endophyte free and novel endophyte fescue being used to replace endophyte infested fescue. Hay buyers are also asking for, and paying a premium for non-endophyte hay.
Other horse owners are making changes in their parasite control programs, as well as there foot care programs, so this Program is having a definite effect on the horse producers in Boyd County and the surrounding area.