Category: Waste management

This is an important area of horse ownership. I attended a seminar a long time ago that discussed this very topic at Cornell University with speakers…

Where ever horses are, poop and urine happen. Daily. It is the most basic of horse care to clean the areas where they spend time, yet some people sk…

Composting of horse waste is done on several farms I visit.  This has several benefits that are discussed here with pictures of some set ups on a few…

Containment of horse waste is needed where it will be hauled away in the future. Many keep it in a trailer or a manure spreader where once or twice a…

There is one rule when spreading horse waste. Avoid spreading it on a pasture where horses live. This is not sanitary and encourage the spread of pa…

The first time I heard of a manure vacuum was when it was used in a study about parasite control.  It was driven off of a PTO drive shaft from a trac…