Horses
- The Newest Purina Research Team Member!
Our first foal arrived early Wednesday morning and he is up, nursing, running around and doing great. He has arrived just in time for a major snow and ice storm, so he has yet to be introduced to the outside world. And since its only 28°F...
- It's Time For New Year's Resolutions!
Happy New Year! Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions yet? If not, there is no time like the present to think of a few goals you’d like to achieve in 2013. Why not? Last year, my resolution was to run a 5K race for the first time, and I ended...
- Is It Really You??
Year end work at the farm is typically pretty crazy. There are a lot of loose ends to tie up with paperwork, and on top of the paperwork we have a bunch of horses to take care of. This time of year in our part of the country is kind of tough on the horses...
- Happy Thanksgiving From Our Farm To Yours!
Holidays can be a wonderful time for rest, relaxation, and time with family and friends. But if you have horses, it can sometimes seem like any other day! As you know, the horses don’t know it’s a holiday, they expect to be fed on time,...
- Behind The Scenes....looking Intense
In this blog, you get to see a lot of good research going on and learn about our travels across the country. But behind all this fun is the hard work that takes place in front of a computer, in meetings and through group efforts that plan...
Horses
Happy New Year, Happy New Barn!
Happy New Year everyone! You may have noticed that we didn’t have a lot of blog posts directly from the Purina Animal Nutrition Center the second half of 2013, and that is because our palatability barn looked like this:
Our team was really put to the test in 2013 as they managed horses and research projects despite bulldozers, cranes, jackhammers and all things construction related. Furthermore, Mike, Andrea, John, Margaret and Tim literally joined the construction crew full force and were hands-on with all kinds of day to day prep, building and finishing work. We could not have accomplished what we did without their willingness to learn, help and jump in on all kinds of projects from tear down to grass seeding. I have often said that we have the greatest employees in the world at the research farm, and boy did this year prove it. So we are very excited that our palatability barn now looks like this:
You might be wondering- did the horse research slow down during the renovation? And the answer is NOT ON YOUR LIFE! Despite the construction, we completed 11 trials at the research unit and we took a large portion of our research offsite, to the tune of 7 trials completed or ongoing at universities. We have new and innovative products to bring you in 2014, along with many more in the pipeline.
For us at the farm, our Christmas miracle was that the renovation is finally wrapping up. It has been 14 months in the making and this time last year, we were meeting with architects and getting bids together. Now we are putting finishing touches on stalls, hanging signs and we moved pregnant broodmares into the foaling barn on New Year’s Eve. As we look back on 2013, we hope your year was full of new challenges and great memories like ours, and we look forward to sharing our new facility with you in 2014.
- The Newest Purina Research Team Member!
Our first foal arrived early Wednesday morning and he is up, nursing, running around and doing great. He has arrived just in time for a major snow and ice storm, so he has yet to be introduced to the outside world. And since its only 28°F...
- It's Time For New Year's Resolutions!
Happy New Year! Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions yet? If not, there is no time like the present to think of a few goals you’d like to achieve in 2013. Why not? Last year, my resolution was to run a 5K race for the first time, and I ended...
- Is It Really You??
Year end work at the farm is typically pretty crazy. There are a lot of loose ends to tie up with paperwork, and on top of the paperwork we have a bunch of horses to take care of. This time of year in our part of the country is kind of tough on the horses...
- Happy Thanksgiving From Our Farm To Yours!
Holidays can be a wonderful time for rest, relaxation, and time with family and friends. But if you have horses, it can sometimes seem like any other day! As you know, the horses don’t know it’s a holiday, they expect to be fed on time,...
- Behind The Scenes....looking Intense
In this blog, you get to see a lot of good research going on and learn about our travels across the country. But behind all this fun is the hard work that takes place in front of a computer, in meetings and through group efforts that plan...