Financial stability is key to long term survival of livery yards

Whether full, part or DIY, most of us would be lost without our local livery yard and team, looking after our precious equines when we can’t be there. Work patterns, family commitments and holidays mean that most horse owners need to use livery yard services at some point in their lives. Sadly, however, we are seeing more and more yards closing due to the rising cost of feed, bedding and transport. We all love spending time on the yard and we sometimes forget that our hobby is also the yard owner’s business and livelihood…