BHS WARNS OF MORE FEED PRICE RISES

Many horse-owners will have noticed that the price of feed has risen recently. This is because of an increase in the price of grain, caused in part by the poor weather we experienced this summer.

Exacerbating this, more grain is now being bought for biofuel, which has further inflated the price.

The BHS has contacted a number of large feed manufacturers all of whom have agreed that the increase in grain costs will impact on the price of horse feed. As a consequence, the society is warning horse-owners to plan ahead and be prepared for further possible price increases.

BHS welfare senior executive Lee Hackett said: "We are not talking about huge increases in price and there is certainly no need to be overly concerned. Those people with only a couple of horses to feed will not notice a great deal of difference but it will have an impact on bigger yards who buy in large quantities of feed."

For full feature see West Sussex Gazette October 3