Total mixed ration equine feed

A method of manufacturing total mixed ration equine biscuits, the method comprising:

• (a) mixing and suspending fibrous material, wherein mixing and suspending fibrous material includes:
• providing a fibrous material;
• placing the fibrous material into a vertical blender, wherein placing the fibrous material into the vertical blender includes mixing the fibrous material and cutting the fibrous material and defines a mixed and cut fibrous material,
• mixing one or more nutritional supplements with the mixed and cut fibrous material in the vertical blender, and
• suspending the mixture of the one or more nutritional supplements and the mixed and cut fibrous material within the vertical blender to form a suspended feed;
• (b) transferring and metering the suspended feed, wherein transferring and metering the suspended feed includes:
• transferring the suspended feed on a conveyer to a metering box to form metered feed;
• and
• (c) densifying the metered feed, wherein densifying the metered feed includes:
• transferring the metered feed to a second mixer,
• mixing the metered feed with the second mixer,
• pressure impregnating at least some of the one or more nutritional supplements into at least some of the fibers of the fibrous material to formed a pressure impregnated metered feed, and
• extruding the pressure impregnated metered feed to form a plurality of total mixed ration biscuits that each have a relatively consistent nutritional balance.