Beet pulp can be used to supplement fiber in a horses’ diet. Horse owners can also use this product as a hay replacer or forage extender. Beet pulp is a very digestible product that can have higher energy levels than grass hay. Beet pulp also helps maintain water balance in hard working horses.

Is it necessary to soak beet pulp? As a horse eats (normally) it chews, grinding and breaking particles into smaller and smaller pieces. These particles make their way through a well lubricated digestive system until it is digested in the large intestine.
Beet pulp can be fed without soaking. Poulin Grain recommends that you soak the beet pulp under the following conditions:
• You are feeding large quantities (1 lb or more per feeding) to one horse
• Your horse has choked before
• Your horse is eating with other horses
• Your horse bolts or gulps down its feed or has scar tissue in its throat
• Your horse is a poor drinker of water
• You desire to get more water into you horse
• Your horse has limited access to clean, fresh water
• Your horse is colic prone