Manure management

Composting is the process of allowing organic materials to decompose in a more or less controlled setting, so that the resulting material can be used as a beneficial soil additive. For gardeners and farmers, composting is an essential...

Let’s face it; if you have more than one horse, you get many pounds of manure in a day, right? But what can you do with a load of horse waste? Here, we’ll take you

If you own a horse or board other peoples horses you have had that problem. We lived in Virginia and I learned the hard way…

Many people take management of horse manure for granted – until there’s a problem with water quality or neighbor complaints.

On farms with small acreage, everything in the horse farm management system needs to fit together neatly and efficiently — especially with respect to the farm’s neighbors and the ecosystem. Two Horse Ranch, a five-acre horse property has implemented several sustainable day-to-day barn management practices in an effort to be a more environmentally conscious horse farm.

Learn why it’s important to properly store horse manure, and how to construct an ideal horse manure storage for up to 10 horses. This technical information is for Ontario horse owners. ISSN 1198-712X, Published June 2020

a concrete manure storage structure on a small horse farm

You have a manure factory in your backyard. What do you do with all that horse poo? Horse manure composting is a best-practices management tool.

If you’re a horse owner, composting horse manure turns fresh horse manure into valuable horse manure compost. Compost fresh manure, keep the compost pile damp with clean water, and use composted manure in the garden. Avoid composting weeds to prevent spreading weed seed. #compost #horse #manure

Why Compost? Many horse owners and small livestock operations do not have access to sufficient land to make good use of manure by spreading. Composting provides another option for managing manure on the farm.