Storing Manure on Small Horse and Livestock Farms
- First Paragraph:
- Accumulated manure can cause health, odor, and water quality problems if not properly dealt with. One option is to collect the waste daily, load it in a spreader, and spread it on cropland, hayland, or pasture. This is time consuming and also has to be done regardless of the soil moisture, weather, or time of year. Spreading on saturated soils compacts and compromises soil quality; spreading on frozen soils can lead to offsite manure runoff.
- Publication Number:
- FS1192
- Author(s):
- Fred Kelly
Michael Westendorf
- Publisher:
- Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension
- Date Published:
- 1/23/2014
- Number of pages:
- 4
- Tags:
- livestock, horse, manure
