To work properly, the ManePoints website requires that you use a javascript-enabled browser. Please turn on your javascript, or upgrade to javascript-enhanced browser. More information . Each equine produces 50 pounds of manure daily, up to eight tons a year. And that's not counting the additional weight of soiled bedding materials, or the 10 gallons of excreted urine.
Manure tops the list of dilemmas for horse owners.
According to Alayne Blickle, there might be gold amidst the dross-if you compost the manure properly. There are many reasons to compost and reapply manure to the land. Best yet, as a horse owner, it's free, so you might as well take advantage of it. Seattle-based Blickle rattles off a list of benefits to composting. These include convenience, environmental protection and improved neighbor relations, in addition to the obvious bonus of pasture fertilization.