The Farriers Journal
Der HufTHE FARRIERS JOURNAL – The international journal for hoofcare professionals since 1986
The Farriers Journal is the only multilingual hoofcare publication worldwide. We provide our readers with latest news from the world of farriery. Read about trimming, shoeing, forging, new products, research developments and events from all over the world.
Editor
Born 1980 in Heilbronn/Germany, Florian Häfner started a career in the equine industry in 1998, working for different farriers and horse trainers. 2006, after his graduation as state certified farrier, he started a farrier and horse training business in Weinsberg/Germany. In 2009 he joined Werkman Horseshoes in Groningen/Netherlands. At Werkman he was first responsible for sales in central Europe and then became the head of the research & development department. In the following years he was involved in scientific studies about the effect of orthopaedic horseshoes, co-authoring several research publications and developing related products such as the Orthokit®. 2017 Florian Häfner left Werkman Horseshoes to become the owner and editor of Farriersjournal UG. 2018 the company was relocated from Belgium to Germany. By 2022 he still continuous shoeing horses for one day a week. He is father of one son and spends the non-working time with his family training dogs and horses.