Method for packaging straw-containing compost (M), particularly compost of horse manure with straw, the method comprising of: - receiving unpackaged compost in a receiving unit ; - arranging a quantity of compost from the receiving unit in a pressing chamber of a pressing unit ; - compressing the unpackaged, moisture-containing compost in the pressing chamber for the purpose of forming a block of compressed compost, wherein the pressing pressure of the pressing unit is sufficiently high to press at least some of the air from the compost; - pushing the block of compressed compost out of the pressing chamber ; - packaging the unpackaged, compressed compost block which has been pushed at least partially out of the pressing chamber in packaging material by wrapping the unpackaged compost block with packaging material, particularly with one or more strips of plastic film; wherein the method also comprises of compressing a quantity of compost supplied via the receiving unit two or more times for the purpose of forming two or more slabs of compost, wherein the slabs of compost together form a compost block; characterized by compressing the quantity of unpackaged and moisture-containing compost in the pressing chamber such that, besides at least some of the air, at least some of the moisture is also pressed from the moisture-containing compost, and by discharging the released moisture via a moisture discharge . - receiving unpackaged compost in a receiving unit ; - arranging a quantity of compost from the receiving unit in a pressing chamber of a pressing unit ; - compressing the unpackaged, moisture-containing compost in the pressing chamber for the purpose of forming a block of compressed compost, wherein the pressing pressure of the pressing unit is sufficiently high to press at least some of the air from the compost; - pushing the block of compressed compost out of the pressing chamber ; - packaging the unpackaged, compressed compost block which has been pushed at least partially out of the pressing chamber in packaging material by wrapping the unpackaged compost block with packaging material, particularly with one or more strips of plastic film; wherein the method also comprises of compressing a quantity of compost supplied via the receiving unit two or more times for the purpose of forming two or more slabs of compost, wherein the slabs of compost together form a compost block; characterized by compressing the quantity of unpackaged and moisture-containing compost in the pressing chamber such that, besides at least some of the air, at least some of the moisture is also pressed from the moisture-containing compost, and by discharging the released moisture via a moisture discharge . wherein the method also comprises of compressing a quantity of compost supplied via the receiving unit two or more times for the purpose of forming two or more slabs of compost, wherein the slabs of compost together form a compost block; characterized by compressing the quantity of unpackaged and moisture-containing compost in the pressing chamber such that, besides at least some of the air, at least some of the moisture is also pressed from the moisture-containing compost, and by discharging the released moisture via a moisture discharge . <EOS>