The average 1,000-pound horse produces nine tons of manure each year. That’s 18,000 pounds! Add used bedding on top of that and you’ve got yourself a heaping pile of stall waste and the need for a manure management solution.

So what do you do with all that horse manure? We posed this question to our readers in last week’s online poll. More than 800 people responded, and we’ve tallied the results!

Of the 804 respondents, 344 (43%) said they compost horse manure and use it to amend soil on their property, while 221 people (27%) said they spread uncomposted horse manure on pastures. Another 145 respondents (18%) said they have manure hauled away, and 23 individuals (3%) compost and sell their horse manure. The remaining 71 respondents (9%) used other manure management strategies