Horse manure management

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.

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 through what to do with horse manure to help you in the excellent management of your farm. https://www.hoofinhorse.com/what-to-do-with-horse-manure/

Horse manure composting is harder than it sounds! Read all the lessons I've learned on my farm and how my manure management plan changed. Read about my manure compost failure and what happened to my manure pile. Horse farm | Horse Care Tips | Horse Ownership | Equestrian Lifestyle

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...

I'm sad to say, I did not compost my horse manure for 5 years because it just seemed too complicated to me. I had tried composting at home, read all about it, got a special composting unit sponsored by my city program, and... total fail. The whole "getting the right ratio/layers of brown and green" not to mention turning, aerating, moisture levels etc... aaaarghhh! Too complicated, too much work, and if I couldn't even compost food scraps, how was I going to succeed with 500 lbs of manure…

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.

Some farms are more susceptible to muddy conditions than others. Mud is a result of prolonged wet soil conditions, which is often dependent on soil type and topography. After a rainstorm or spring snowmelt, clay soils drain more slowly than sandy soils and are therefore more prone to muddy conditions. In addition, muddy conditions are more likely to occur in areas of low elevation because runoff water tends to accumulate in these areas.

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

Eco-friendly solutions can help manage manure on your farm through horse manure composting, spreading horse manure and more.

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.