>From Diane: RRRRR!
I was on the phone with a gal from a feed mill in a town about 30 miles from here. Apparently they make their own horse feed over there that the local Cenex stores, including the one in Whitehall will begin to stock. I checked because with gas prices going up, if the feed is as good as what I buy at Stockman's in Osseo (about a 20 mile drive from here), I'd save some gas $$. Well, she said it's locally made and they use a liquid called 419 which is 4% fat, 19% protein in it instead of molasses, which might be okay for fat horses at risk for insulin resistance, except the 419 is made from animal products. So I asked her what kind of animal products and why on earth would animal products be put in horse feed when horses eat grass, not other dead animals. She got kind of bent out of shape and said because it's a good product and she was not going to get into that with me. What the hell?? If these mills/businesses are going to be selling feed shouldn't they be a little more aware of what's going into that feed and maybe they shouldn't be putting dead animal stuff in feed for an animal that does not consume meat instead of getting all bent out of shape over a question? I guess I'll spend the extra gas money and buy my feed in Osseo. At least the protein source in that feet comes from plant proteins, not other dead animals.
