Jeff Cota

Jeff Cota

Maine native Jeff Cota joined Lessiter Media in January of 2014 and serves as the current editor of American Farriers Journal. Jeff enjoys photography, baseball, and the “opportunity to meet and learn from some great people in a fascinating trade.”

Contact: jcota@lessitermedia.com

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Solve Conflicts Through Understanding

Farrier and vet share tips to build a rapport with clients and help their horses
Conflict is part and parcel of operating a farrier practice. Yet, how you handle dissention will go a long way toward not only determining how successful you’ll be, but also how well you understand your client’s point of view — and by extension, your ability to educate them about hoof care.
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Explore The World’s Largest Online Hoof-Care Library

More and more readers are recognizing that AmericanFarriers.com is the largest library of hoof-care information available anywhere on the internet. In the past 6 months, AFJ has seen a 71% increase in website page views. While our vast online library includes decades of articles from the pages of AFJ, it also offers a wealth of valuable footcare knowledge that’s exclusively published for you at AmericanFarriers.com.
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From The Desk Of AFJ

USDA Clear As Mud On Horse Protection Changes

The farrier industry received a harsh reminder of this axiom while wading through the substantial changes that were recently proposed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as a means to end soring.
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From the Desk of AFJ

Is Copper a Fad or Innovation?

White line disease and other bacteria-related hoof ailments could wreak absolute havoc on an equine foot. As such, there are a number of products on the market claiming to remedy the problem with various degrees of success.
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How to Make Your Own Copper Shoes

Over the past 6 months, there’s been a lot of discussion within the farrier industry about the benefits of copper in relation to killing bacteria on the equine foot. The concept intrigued Green Bay, Wis., farrier Alan Folkman, who’s had problems with his own horse, Buckshot.
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