Feed, bedding and farm supplies — the essentials that keep the yard running.
Ronald C. Leimgruber Farms in Holtville, California, is a family farm that grows, bales and sells quality horse hay directly to customers. It offers alfalfa, Bermuda grass and teff hay, and has sold hay for over 35 years.
Schmidt Pellets is a family farm in Ihlow, East Frisia, specialising in horse feed and bedding. It produces hay cobs, pellets and bedding on the farm and sells them online and in its farm shop in 20 kg sacks. The farm has been in agriculture for over 150 years and is QS certified.
Rebar Ranch Naturals makes natural equine supplements for respiratory health and performance. Its products are designed to support respiratory health and reduce inflammation in horses. The business is led by Alyssa Urbanek-Wade, a horse owner and competitive barrel racer.
One Fit Horse makes individually mixed daily rations of supplementary feed for horses and ponies. Feeding experts work out a horse's needs from a short online questionnaire. Each daily ration is labelled with the horse's name and sealed. Rations are available as a monthly subscription.
Simbed is a milled oilseed rape straw horse bedding made by a farming family near Chesterfield. It is double dust-extracted and absorbent, with an option containing Stable Guard. The farm also sells timothy and meadow hay.
Maker of dust-free shredded cardboard horse bedding since 2007. It supplies riders and racing yards in the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Better 4 Hooves makes equine hoof supplements and hoof dressings for horse owners and farriers. Its products are made in BETA NOPS and UFAS accredited facilities. It offers next-day tracked delivery in the UK.
Trinity Consultants is a family-run horse nutrition business at Barnham, West Sussex, established in 1998. It advises on and manufactures complementary feeds and equine health products for horse and pony owners, trainers and therapists. It sells online.
Yeoman Haylage is a family-run producer of horse haylage at Thongsleigh Farm in rural Devon. It produces ryegrass haylage and gives feed advice. The site explains how haylage is made and how to buy it.
Broadlees Farm is a family grassland farm near Dover. Its main business is supplying hay, straw and haylage to the equestrian market. It also keeps a flock of ewes and holds lambing open days at Easter.
Whittimere Stables offers full and part care livery on a 650-acre family farm. The yard has 15 acres of equine pasture and miles of off-road riding around the farm's field edges. It also supplies hay, haylage and straw.
Equestbed Direct supplies and delivers animal bedding and equine hay across South Wales and neighbouring counties. Its bedding is dust extracted and absorbent to help reduce respiratory problems. Products are tested by a DEFRA approved laboratory.
eqmedic makes equine supplements that are field tested by equine vets. Its range includes joint mobility supplements for horses in intensive work. The company, formerly Classic Equine Services, is based in Newmarket and sells through stockists in the UK and Ireland.
Stabllux makes a mattress-type stable flooring for horses. It is designed to reduce the amount of shavings needed and the time spent mucking out. The company provides personalised quotes and installs the flooring. Testimonials come from a racing yard and an equine therapist.
Southwick Farm near Tewkesbury has grown and supplied hay, haylage and straw for the equestrian market since 1907. It produces over 1500 tonnes of hay and haylage a year. It delivers across Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and beyond, from small loads to full lorry loads.
FeetFirst Hay produces low sugar and starch hay for horses and ponies near Swindon in Wiltshire. It is aimed at horses prone to laminitis, insulin resistance, equine metabolic syndrome and ulcers, as well as barefoot horses and good doers. The family started making it to manage laminitis in their own Welsh Section A pony.
Old Manor Farm grows equine hay and haylage and supplies equestrian bedding. Its forage suits racehorses, sport horses and horses on controlled diets, and every batch has a nutritional and mineral analysis. It delivers locally with its own vans and lorries and nationwide by pallet network.
Hall Farm Hay in Walgrave, Northamptonshire grows and sells grass hay, haylage and straw for horses from its own farm. Hay is sold directly to customers with local delivery or collection. The farm also lets stables and offers retirement livery with permanent turnout in groups.
The A-Man is a family-run business at Hunts Green Farm near Tamworth, Staffordshire. It supplies hay, haylage, straw, feed and bedding for horses, ponies and pets. Its haylage and forage come from its own grass, and it offers local delivery.
Probale is a family-run forage and haylage producer at Mulsford Farm near Malpas, Cheshire. It supplies only its own grown haylage, with all bales coded and analysed and no additives. It also makes ProBed, a de-dusted horse bedding product treated with an antibacterial agent.
Family business near Wigan supplying horse bedding, wood shavings, sawdust and wood chip. Its dust-extracted horse bedding is baled on site.
Finer Forage sells natural horse feeds and herbal supplements. Its feeds are made from native grasses and botanicals and can be combined with herbal blends into a tailored feeding system. Customers can use a feed finder tool or request a diet review from its qualified nutritionist. It is based in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire.
Edward Jones is an independent equine nutritionist based in West Yorkshire with an MSc in Equine Science. He designs personalised feeding plans for novice owners' horses, sport and competition horses, growing horses and breeding mares. Consultations include a review of the horse's diet and management and a phone or Zoom call, followed by a tailored ration plan. He takes remote consultations across the UK and internationally.
Equine Oil Supplies sells vegetable oils for horse feed, such as linseed, soya and corn oil, at trade prices. Oils are sourced from UK and European manufacturers, packed in Hull and posted to customers. It is a product line of a family business with over 40 years in the vegetable oil industry.
