A science-based baseline you can take to your vet, nutritionist, or feed dealer. Built in under 2 minutes from NRC equine nutrition standards — by Schneider Saddlery, trusted by horse owners since 1948.
Answer a few questions and we'll build a daily nutrition baseline, cost range, and product recommendations. It's a starting point — pair it with input from your vet, nutritionist, or feed dealer for a final plan.
Tell us about the horse. These basics drive the nutrition calculations.
Tell us what you want the plan to achieve and your horse's current workload. This drives calorie and forage targets.
Select any that apply. This adjusts the feeding plan and adds supplement recommendations.
Tell us what forage and concentrate you're currently using (or plan to use).
Summary details here
Baseline assumption: calculations start from a general mixed grass hay profile (~0.91 Mcal/lb digestible energy, ~13% crude protein). If you selected alfalfa, alfalfa mix, or another high-energy forage, hay volume and concentrate amounts have been recalculated for you — see the Forage Insight panel below for details.
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Built on the same science veterinary nutritionists use.
We start from the National Research Council's Nutrient Requirements of Horses (2007) to calculate daily digestible energy (Mcal/day) based on your horse's weight, age, workload, and health conditions. The same formulas board-certified equine nutritionists use.
Hay is sized from body weight (1.5–3.0% BW depending on goal, workload, and conditions) and represents what you feed out, including typical waste. Grain (calorie concentrate or ration balancer) only fills what forage can't — calorie concentrate if forage doesn't meet your horse's energy need, or a balancer for vitamins and minerals on a forage-only diet. Pair with a slow feeder to extend forage time without overfeeding.
Daily and monthly cost projections layer state-level retail anchors (hay belts, drought regions, import markets) with regional hay-type multipliers (alfalfa runs anywhere from ~15% above grass hay in growing regions to 2–3× in import regions like the Deep South), USDA hay-quality tiers (utility through supreme), and feed-quality tiers (mill / co-op through premium high-fat brands). The displayed range brackets your realistic spend; the midpoint reflects good-quality hay and mainstream commercial feed. Pasture isn't costed — it's yours.
Deep-dive guides from the Schneider Saddlery equine nutrition library.
Body-weight percentages, real-world feeding amounts, and how to match forage to workload.
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