Pasture Prescriptions

Pasture Solutions

Frequently Asked Questions & Helpful Info

Not everything GREEN is grass...

More often than not, our pastures are filled with green things that provide very little nutrition to our equines. Weeds will not sustain your horse, nor will they promote growth and development long-term.

Do not mistake weeds for appropriate forage for your equine.  

The Impacts of Compacted, Poorly-Draining Soil

Poorly-draining soil will prevent new growth and drown the existing forage, eliminating our equine's most biologically natural source of nutrition. 

Let Young, New Growth GROW

One of the most detrimental mistakes in restoring a pasture is allowing grazing before new growth has growth to a sustainable height. This new growth is not mature enough to sustain neither the pasture nor our equines. 

We recommend allowing your pasture to grow to at least 12in of height before allowing grazing to ensure the longevity of the new growth. 

What is Long Stem Forage?

Long-stem forage is anything longer that 2+ inches in length to encourages chewing, saliva production, and healthy gut motility. It's the best form of pasture forage, both for the health of the pasture (to promote diversity in the ecosystem), but also for the health of our equines. Long-stem forage provides the best, most complete nutrition for our equines. 

When is the best time of year to restore my pastures?

Winter is the best time to restore your pasture's health and diversity, when our horses are resting in stalls and the pasture can have plenty of time to grow roots and height.

Do your pastures look like this?

Most of our customers start here.  Exposed soil, rampant weeds, minimal edible plant life.  Most customers are exhausted and broke from applying endless herbicides and lime in an attempt to better their pastures with minimal results. Weeds are opportunists.  They will grow when there is space and nutrients not being used.  They grow rampant when they are not edible for the contained livestock and there is no competition for space and nutrients. 

After just 3 months of Pasture Solutions...

These are the results of positive pasture management with diverse seed blend including grasses, broadleaves, legumes, and brassicas. This seed blend feeds the roots, soil, and microorganisms necessary for a healthy eco system, and also supports good bug life necessary for consistent plant growth. Soil is covered, weeds choked out from competing planted seed blend, no herbicides used, maximum digestible forage with high regrowth rate. Happy soil, happy horses. 

What our customers are saying...

We have 6.5 acres that we used Aterak Pasture Solutions on. We are very thankful for the time and patience that Allie gave us. It was a long process to get the kind of results we wanted. The current drought at the time of planting did not help our situation.  The pasture grass came up fairly quickly and it looks fantastic. We were very impressed by Allie's knowledge on all aspects of the seed and soil and the entire process of getting the best pasture for our horses.  We were told the grass was supposed to take 60-90 days but ours grew much faster. Once ours is established we will only need to reseed in the fall  and maybe 1-2 times per year depending on rainfall and the horses rotation.

Aterak products are seriously the best on the market and the word needs to get out about just how good they are.  These products will help solve so many problems that would be so easy to fix if they just used Aterak products!

Colleen & Dan N.