Proper livestock stewardship does not cease when an animal dies. Despite sound management, all horse producers will experience losses due to weather, disease, or other natural causes. Options for ...

If you're into horse ownership for the long term, chances are you will someday have to deal with the death of a horse. Disposing of a large animal's carcass can prove challenging, but composting ...

At the field day, Lochner and Martinson demonstrated how a horse body had been fully composted with readily available materials like wood chips, stall shavings and manure.

The equine industry is undoubtedly a tremendous contributor to New Jersey agriculture resulting in an estimated economic impact exceeding $1.1 billion annually. The equine industry also contributes ...

The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, making its way from the U.S. House to the Senate, could leave thousands of horses with no final resting ground. Composting may be an environmentally ...

Horses can produce up to 30 pounds of manure a day; over a year that can be as much as eight to 10 tons of manure from just one horse. That's a lot of manure! Horse and stable owners can take ...

Hunkapi Farms in Scottsdale is selling 40-pound bags of horse compost for $5 for people interesting in starting or nurturing their own gardens. FOX 10's Cory McCloskey has more.

Challenges associated with burial, rendering, and cremation have forced horse owners to seek alternative carcass disposal methods. While horse carcass composting has been successfully demonstrated, ...

University of Minnesota professor Krishona Martinson never anticipated her career would include composting dead horses. Since July, a team of specialists at the University has been studying the ...

When Levy County residents became aware of manure-composting facilities coming to their community, they knew they had two options. They could get involved and urge the county to ban the practice. That ...

WEST BROOKFIELD — A horse rescue that was scheduled to close earlier this year is remaining open until June because the relocation of some of the animals cannot be done during the COVID-19 pandemic.