Equine Business Analysis

For decades, the Bureau of Land Management has relied on the strategy of rounding up excess horses with helicopters and storing them in a system of private ranches and feedlots. But now, with almost 50,000 horses in storage, the system is out of space and money. In response, the agency has drastically cut roundups, leaving horses to multiply out on the range.

In the US today cattle are part of everyday culture. With more than 93 million cattle in the dairy and beef industry, and tens of thousands in the rodeo business, cattle are definitely a huge part. Lately, there has been many concerns with the bovine friends along with multiple misconceptions. Rodeos may look tough on animals, and todays society is not educated well enough on the beef and dairy industry. People don’t realize that these animals are happy, healthy, and very well cared for.

The recent down fall in the economy has made horse owners not want their horses anymore. The cost of maintaining a horse has greatly increased; horses are not able to survive on just the grass in a field. Horses need the vitamins from the grain and hay. Depending on what kind of horse you have, depends on the additional supplement they

The benefits are not only felt by horse owners in short supply of money; recently in Europe, the supply of meat from traditional sources, such as cattle, sheep and pigs has dwindled due to epidemics in the herds, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy  or "mad cow" disease, as well as hoof and mouth disease.

The economy today is slowly dwindling down, and the costs are rising for daily living expenses. Horses are normally not in the budget for many families, leaving many horses homeless. The normal yearly cost for a horse is around 2,419- 3,876 and the average life span of a horse is 25-30 years. This cost just covers food, routine vet checks, farrier, and general maintenance. This does not include the price of the horse, the chance of having an emergency vet call arise and the tack that may be used. This animal must eat about 2.5% its own body weight which on average is 1,100 pounds. Grain and hay may

These opportunities build stronger relationships that will last for their entire

The population of horses is increasing by the thousands and nobody is doing anything about it. By gathering up the horses and putting them in holding pins/ranches becomes more and more of a financial problem and emotional problem. Fertilizing the females, relocating them over the country, or even selling some to the public will overtime reduce the population greatly. If we continue ignoring the fact sooner or later there will be no vegetation for livestock to feed on, causing meat prices to skyrocket or

Over the year’s people have been upset over the fact that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducts round ups on the wild horses. Some people don’t like the use of the Helicopters, and believe each herd group should state with each other in the same holding pen. Then there are the Ranchers who believe after each round up the Mustangs and Burros shouldn’t be allowed back to the rangeland because they would end up grazing in their fields and leave nothing for their own animals. All these are good points and true statement, but, these round ups are for the protection of the herds themselves, the other wildlife and the rangelands.

The argument Big Eight is trying to make is that the commercialization of rodeos has taken a negative toll on the intended purpose of rodeos. They used to be ran by people who treasured them and took them seriously but things have changed. People with money have taken power resulting in the extortion of rodeos

The Old Mule Farms is a cow-calf operation that provides calves for feedlots to fatten up before being sent to packing houses and eventually sold as meet for consumers. The current owners have been experiencing a problem with losses in revenue. The expenses that Old Mule Farms incurred are veterinary bills, labor, nutritional supplements and minerals, and a variety of forage. The forage is primarily grazed grasses but is supplemented with hay.

Below is a checklist that is designed to serve as a guide to make sure that you as a show host have completed all documents that are required by the Remy Kennel Club and they are submitted with any associated fees. If you as the show host fails to follow the order in which the documents should be submitted, then if may result in the RKC no approving your show. Please use these guidelines and take them seriously, the RKC office will keep record of each potential show and will make sure all documents are organized.

During breeding season which lasts from February until July, is where I learned the most out of all the things we do. Everything we did was a learning process for me. First we would collect the stallion, a stallion is a male horse. My job was to go get the stallion from the other barn. My first time I walked over I was biting at my fingernails. Stallions are a lot more aggressive, but once I got to him into the barn I felt relieved. I hooked the horse up to a post while I went to get the AV ready. The AV is like a rubber sling, that is filled with hot water. Once that is done, I put the AV into the phantom. The phantom is made to look and feel like a real female horse for the stallion. The process finally begins when you untie the stallion, he pretty much runs the

There are other more expenses than simply just shelling out your money for a single horse and these expenses might require a big portion of your salary or savings just to keep your horse in a good shape.

Ever since I was a child I knew that I wanted to work with animals. Horses, in particular, have always fascinated me. After much begging, pleading, years of convincing, and always working hard to save up money, I convinced my parents to allow me to buy a horse. To me, Indie was the most beautiful quarter horse I could have ever dreamed of getting. Since our purchase of Indie, we have acquired another horse, Sherman, and a pony, Tucker. Although the horses have always been hard work, they were worth every sweaty hot summer evening of mucking out the stalls and frigid winter mornings of carrying water to the trough in order to avoid freezing our hoses. After all, I used to dream of being a veterinarian and helping all kinds of animals in some way.

Port Orange is a much smaller area so in a good year we would make closer to the lower end of these businesses as they are in a much higher populated area. While the article from Miami Herald is from 2014, the industry has grown by 320 million, the local numbers would not go up that significantly. Given these numbers, that is not a high market share but given we are located in a smaller area, our market share within the local economy will be much higher. There are a few local competitors, but most of these places do not provide organic products. Their products are high end but not organic, which is growing in popularity within the past few years. We will be a competitor to these other businesses by providing something different that our customers will want and become accustomed to over time. Organic products are becoming important to owners as well as their pets.