SouthFresh Feed

By: Jessie Shook

If you are looking for a compete feed for your performance horses, look no further. SouthFresh Feeds offers a complete extruded horse feed that is formulated in a manner using high quality ingredients such as stabilized rice bran, alfalfa and milo, along with highly digestible oils and absorbable forms of minerals and vitamins. “These ingredients meet all the nutritional requirements of performance horses without the added fear of nutritional disorders such as colic and acidosis,” said Jimmy Hughes, vice president of SouthFresh Feeds. “SouthFresh Complete provides a horse owner with the confidence and assurance of a feed that will maximize the horse’s potential to perform at a high athletic level.”

SouthFresh Feeds are partners with Kentucky Equine Research (KER). KER is a world-recognized leader in nutrition research of performance horses. “This partnership has allowed SouthFresh to utilize their research expertise, along with feed formulation assistance to meet the unique nutritional requirements of a performance horse,” Hughes said.

Beyond sound nutritional backing and high-quality ingredients, there are two properties that make this feed unique. “First, SouthFresh Complete is one of the few horse feeds on the market that is extruded,” Hughes explained. “The extrusion process improves digestibility and availability of feed stuffs through a process of steam and heat that breaks down what could be binding any nutrients to allow better digestion, absorption and utilization.”

SouthFresh Feed is a complete extruded horse feed that is formulated in a manner using high quality ingredients such as stabilized rice bran, alfalfa and milo, along with highly digestible oils, and absorbable forms of minerals and vitamins.

Secondly, SouthFresh Complete uses stabilized rice bran as one of the ingredients, while most other feed companies use raw bran. “Stabilization of the rice bran must occur within a short time at the rice manufacturing facility and this process has been proven to increase nutrient availability, reduces salmonella, E. coli and vitamin degradation,” Hughes added.

Team/Breakaway roper Ryleigh Parker feeds SouthFresh Complete to seven of her quarter horses and is sponsored by South- Fresh Feeds. Parker has many accomplishments, including State Breakaway Roper of 2020 for Georgia Junior High School and Team Roper of 2019 for Alabama Little Britches Rodeo Association (ALBRA). She even won a 2019 Dodge Ram truck at the age of 14. Parker currently competes at the high school level and in the United States Team Roping Championships (USTRC).

While competing in 40 or more competitions a year, Parker never has to worry about her horse’s nutrition. “Our horses are healthy and look great,” Parker said. “We can free feed without worrying that one will get hyper and, when we are on the road, I don’t have to worry about them getting colic.”

Parker feeds SouthFresh Complete to horses of all life stages and her horses enjoy the taste too. “I have horses that age from 7 to 22 and all of them eat SouthFresh Complete like candy,” Parker said. “I can see the difference in my horses’ mind and shape. It also makes their coat and mane grow, and shine!”

“This is one of the best feeds I have ever used,” Parker added. “My horses are calm and ready to do their best, and when they are happy, I am happy!”

Parker has big goals for her future in roping and SouthFresh Complete has been the perfect tool to give her horses an edge over the competition. “If I didn’t think that SouthFresh Feeds would benefit your horse in many ways, I would not be a part of it,” Parker said. “I’m so blessed to be a part of such an amazing feed company that wants what’s best for my horses.”

Parker has many accomplishments. Parker currently competes at the high school level and in the United States Team Roping Championships. (Photo Credit: Ryleigh Parker)