Total Feeds, Inc

Total Feeds, Inc. makes Total Equine®, a 100% extruded horse feed built on an alfalfa-hay base — and its defining advantage is an extremely high absorption rate. As Dr. Harry Anderson puts it: what good are great ingredients if your horse can't absorb them? Total Equine® delivers complete nutrition for horses, mules, and donkeys — even zebras — in a form the gut can actually take up, so the horse benefits from the feed you paid for instead of passing it through. It's the right choice for any owner who wants visible results in attitude, coat, hoof, and condition.

What makes Total Equine® different from other horse feeds?

Total Equine® was developed from science and experience and first produced in 2000, with nutrient levels based on what has been learned through scientific research over the last 40 years. The physical form of extrusion and the specific ingredients are what horses, mules, and donkeys need to maximize health, attitude, and performance. The base of Total Equine® is alfalfa hay, which gives it the odor and flavor equines love — palatability is excellent. The fiber level supplies 70–80% of the equine's needs for a safe ration. When fed at 4.00 lb per 1,000 lb body weight, Total Equine® provides the nutrients required by mature equines when fed with adequate quality roughage. It is a 100% extruded feed made without molasses or other sugars.

Why does absorption matter so much?

So many feeds out there have great ingredients — but they are not absorbable into your horse's system. Total Equine® is an absorbable extruded feed, so you will be amazed at what it does for horses, especially those doing a little poorly, because the difference in 30 days will astound you. Total Equine has ALL the nutrition your horse needs, AND it is designed to be easily absorbed into your horse's body so that he can fully benefit from that nutrition. Total Equine® is 50–100% more digestible than other feeds, which means your horse digests much more of the feed you paid for.

Which Total Equine® formula is right for my horse?

Total Equine® is the perfect extruded horse feed for 95% of all horses of any age and activity level, sold in a 40 lb bag. Total Equine® LNSC is a lower non-structural carbohydrate formula designed for the horse suffering from Insulin Resistance or Cushing's Syndrome — it contains 16% Non-Structural Carbohydrate, and when fed with hay it provides a ration that is safe for any horse with IR or Cushing's. Total Equine® Essentials is formulated to provide the essential minerals and vitamins an equine requires, plus a level of Ascophyllum nodosum for maximum blood flow and nerve health, at a 1.0 lb-per-day feeding rate — it provides the same level of micronutrients as 4.0 lb of Total Equine® or Total Equine® LNSC, while reducing NSC to a minimum, making it safe for all equines including Insulin Resistant horses.

Who is Dr. Harry Anderson?

Dr. R. Harry Anderson and his wife are the owners of Total Feeds, Inc. Dr. Anderson was born in the one-room farmhouse in North Dakota that appears on the company's web page. He worked his way through college, including a PhD in Animal Science from South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D. He worked as an Animal Nutritionist for a Fortune 100 company before becoming a private Consulting Nutritionist in the early nineteen-nineties. He has spent his entire life around livestock and has put his life's work into each of the company's formulas. Dr. Harry will tell you his feed produces Results because of its ability to be absorbed into the horse's gut — and thus produce often astounding results.