Tag: manure
No wonder the pasture always needs to be cleaned
Okay, so how many times a day does the average 1,000 pound horse poop? According to the UMass Extension Center for Agriculture, it’s between four and 13 times, depositing approximately 35 pounds of manure. Add to that 6-10 gallons of urine and you’re looking at 50 pounds of waste per day! Reading that study made […]
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Now that spring is here it’s become apparent what was hiding under all that snow: mountains of manure! A 1000-pound horse produces 35- 50 pounds of manure every day. With two horses in the pasture during the approximately three months that we were unable to push a wheelbarrow out into the field, that means we […]
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