Why are PMU babies so expensive?
For the most part, PMU collection facilities or “pee farms” are located in Canada. There are very few in the US since there are no longer horse slaughter facilities stateside, and transporting the foals to either Canadian or Mexican slaughterhouses is cost-prohibitive. So we have to go to Canada, primarily Manitoba, to buy the babies from the ranchers for more than the feedlot is willing to pay. Then we have to feed them til we can arrange a hauler to bring them to Texas. There are vet checks, border crossing fees, Coggins paperwork, the hauler’s fees and a lot of other little expenses that pops up from the time we buy the horses in September til they are sent to us in late October. Whatever we adopt them out for, is almost exactly what we put into them to get them here. Sometimes the ranchers charge more for certain crosses or purebreds. For instance, Clydesdale crosses are more in demand, so the rancher wants more money for them, as well as full Percheron or Belgian foals. Sure you c
