Take an up-close look at common internal parasites and the damage they can do to your horse. Also learn about parasite resistance and the drugs and management methods that can help control certain worms.
With parasites’ growing resistance to anthelmintic drugs, owners must focus their control efforts on another area: pasture management.
Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle explains the environmental benefits of covering a compost pile.
How do you maintain a good relationship with your nonhorsey neighbors?
Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water offers alternatives to composting for small horse-property owners.
The owners of this recently purchased 17-acre farm are incorporating rain gardens in paddocks and on a mountain trail course to help with mud control.
Composting is an excellent manure management strategy. Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle explains.
Fewer flies and less chemical warfare can create a healthier barn environment for you and your horse.
Use these drawings and step-by-step instructions to build a simple manure composting bin.
If you are building your horse property or thinking about relocating your manure storage, here are some factors that you may want to consider when figuring out how much space you will need for your manure or compost pile.
Rain gardens are a bright new idea for dealing with an age-old nemesis on horse properties – too much water and MUD! Plus, they’re a fun way to deal with April showers.
What useful and green off-site manure disposal options have you discovered in your area?
If you’re not saving your manure or compost for your own use, an effective disposal option is giving it away to places that can utilize it.
Windrow composting is effective and practical for parasite control and waste management on horse farms.
Early autumn is one of the best times of the year for spreading compost. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
An integrated pest management program can help insects, such as flies and mosquitoes, from bugging you and your horses. Here are a few inexpensive tips.
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