horses

About 60,000 wild horses removed from public lands are living out their lives in government funded pastures and corrals across the country. Each one costs about $4 a day.

Cattle is one of the more common hosts for New World screwworm. But the U.S. horse industry has also taken a hit from the latest live animal import ban between the U.S. and Mexico.

After 10 years in special education, Sheila Martin made a transition to the non-profit sector. There she found the intersection of education and horse riding.

After designing an “Afrocentric” hairpiece for her horse, Chanel Rhodes set about making colorful horse wigs for sale.

Inflation is driving up the cost of things like fertilizer, which drives up the cost of growing hay and feeding horses.

The animals can work land that is inaccessible to tractors, and vineyard owners say they improve the soil for grapes. But they raise costs as well.