Southern States, for example, uses only top quality grains in its horse feed. Professional mill managers maintain contacts with industry sources such as the American Feed Industry Association. This keeps them informed of any concerns of potential mycotoxin contamination of grains and they can avoid grains from any suspect areas. If they cannot obtain grain from areas believed to be free of fumonisin, the reputable mills remove those grains from their horse feeds. While corn is not perfect, it does offer many benefits.
Corn is a very palatable grain for horses.
It is high in digestible energy, which working and performance horses need to maintain body condition and activity levels. Few problems Corn is also the major feed grain, which helps make it economical and readily available. It should be remembered that except for isolated outbreaks due to poor growing conditions, there have been very few cases of ELEM due to feeding corn. The benefits of corn in horse feed are numerous. We do not withhold all grain for fear of colic and founder.