Horse Pastures

At Nature's Seed, we only offer premium-quality seeds and species blended at the proper ratios, so you know your horses will benefit from the various grasses and legumes in any horse forage mix you buy.

However, the seed mixture that’s right for your property depends on your regional location, the breed of horses you have, and why you’re raising them, whether for racing, farming, or riding.

Not all grass grows the same. In fact, areas with extreme temperatures, like those found in Texas or New England, are places where certain types of pasture seed will struggle to grow or won’t grow at all.

Ultimately, in each region of the country, there are grasses that grow better than others. The challenge is finding what works in your particular region.

Consider the environmental elements of your region, like the soil condition, the amount of sun and shade, and how high the temperatures can get in the summer. When choosing pasture seed, don’t forget to factor in other essential information like nutritional value, grazing tolerance, disease resistance, and water requirements.

This information is crucial in finding the best seed mixture for your horses so that they can eat well all year. To help you find a suitable seed blend, we created a pasture seed map that highlights specific regions and the best horse pasture seeds for each location.

All you have to do is search for pasture seeds that will work well in your region, and the search results will provide you with some options.

When comparing pasture seed blends, consider whether what’s in the mixture will appeal to your horses, in addition to climate, precipitation, pasture size, number of horses, and whether or not you're using rotational grazing.

For someone living in the Great Lakes or New England regions of the country, you’ll need a horse forage mix that can withstand the severe cold and icy weather in those areas.

We include hearty grasses and legumes like orchardgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, Timothy, and alfalfa because they can sustain the extreme weather conditions and are well-known for their palatability.

You’ll need a different horse pasture seed mixture in the Great Plains region, which experiences snowy winters and hot summers filled with thunderstorms. The difference between this blend and the previous one is that the Great Plains mixture includes meadow brome, crested wheatgrass, and tall fescue (endophyte free).

And you’ll need a vastly different mixture in the southwest semi-arid steppe region, where hot temperatures persist most of the year with minimal rain. The grasses in this mixture must sustain heavy grazing and fluctuating temperatures between night and day.

For this reason, we include Bermudagrass, crested wheatgrass, tall fescue (endophyte free), and white Dutch clover in the pasture seed mixture. These resilient blends help your horses eat all year regardless of the weather.

Our carefully formulated seed mixtures take into consideration the climate, grazing needs, and nutrient needs of your horses. We also ensure all of our forage blends contain grasses and legumes that horses like to eat.