Composting livestock manure has benefits including killing pathogens, reducing weed seeds and killing parasites, Keena told farmers at the Lake Region Extension Roundup held in Devils Lake on Jan ...

According to Butler Tech officials, the process is surprisingly simple but highly effective. Students load horse manure into a 30-yard composting dumpster after lining the bottom with wood chips.

Martinson said that she believes composting is a dignified way to celebrate a horse’s life. The composting of other livestock in Minnesota is a relatively common practice, but not with horses. Horse ...

Fresh horse and mule manure contains 0.38 pounds of nitrogen , 0.05 pounds of phosphorus , and 0.19 pounds of Potassium per pound. A 1,000-pound horse will create 50 pounds of manure every day ...

Blu Sky Farm, an equine property in Ocala, Florida recently commissioned a new Earth Flow™ on-site composting system that ...

The representatives of local politicians, San Diego County Department of Public Works and others were learning firsthand the ins and outs of composting horse manure — a lot of horse manure.

Langer is among the stable owners who are trying to keep horse manure out of rivers and other water systems, avoiding massive fines and potential closures. According to estimates from the American ...

“The manure must be piled and the carbon-to-nitrogen (C/N) ratio should be 30-to-one, 50 per cent of the pore space should contain water and the pile must be aerobic (having oxygen),” said Waylen.

This is my first VLog whereby I capture my thoughts of the day whilst I'm working on our small acreage doing daily tasks to stay as self-sufficient as possible. Today's task is composting down ...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Town officials have agreed to participate in the village composting program, which provides residents with buckets for food scraps so they don’t become solid waste. An ...

So, in an effort to be constructive here, I’ve begun compiling a list of names for the proposed Horizon 880-HPAB horse manure processing plant. Here’s my top-10 suggested names.