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• E 307 - Best Management Practices for Horse Manure Composting on Small Farms

• FS 036 - Horses and Manure

• FS 537 - Horse Manure Management: Bedding Use

• FS 618 - Equine Barnyard Management

Best Management Practices for Horse Manure Composting on Small Farms

Published 6/9/2006

Bulletin #E307

Compost from horse farms can be used as a soil amendment providing organic matter and some nutrients. Composting manure on small horse farms can be part of an overall effort to better manage manure and reduce non-point sources of pollution (nitrogen, phosphorus, and pathogens) to drainage basins in New Jersey.

Horses and Manure
Michael Westendorf, Extension Specialist in Animal Sciences & Uta Krogmann, Extension Specialist in Solid Waste Management

Published 2/16/2004

Fact Sheet #036
 

Horses are important for companionship, sport, work, pleasure, education, and therapy. In New Jersey, in addition to playing an important role in the state’s economy, horses help to maintain open, green spaces that add to the scenic beauty of the state. Horses and the farms on which they live are often very valuable.

Horse Manure Management – Bedding Use

Michael Westendorf, Ph.D., Extension Specialist in Animal Sciences and Uta Krogmann, Ph.D., Extension Specialist in Solid Waste Management

Published 5/19/2006

Fact Sheet #537
 

Stall Waste Production: A 1000-pound horse will defecate from 4 to 13 times per day. This horse will produce 35 to 50 pounds of manure daily, or about 9 tons per year. On the average, about 31 pounds of feces and 2.4 gallons of urine daily, totaling up to 50 pounds of raw waste per day in feces and urine.

Equine Barnyard Management

William J. Bamka, Burlington County Agricultural Agent

Reviewed in 2004 by Carey Williams, Ph.D., Extension Specialist in Equine Management

Introduction
Horse property barnyards may contain large quantities of mud because of excessive traffic. Mud is more than a “mess” or “nuisance.