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URI
Home*A*Syst Program - Sustainable Landscaping
Composting
also visit our composting
page and View our URI Fact Sheet: Composting
Manure On-Farm: Basics for Small Acreage Livestock Farms
Composting
Horse Manure -
UMASS Extension Fact Sheet
On-Farm
Composting: A Guide to Principles, Planning, & Operations -
Virginia Cooperative Extension Guide.
Horse
Manure Management: The Nitrogen Enhancement System -
Ohio State Extension fact sheet on adding nitrogen
fertilizer to horse manure with a high wood bedding
content.
eXtension -
Animal Manure Management, Composting
O2
Compost Systems -
provides resources and training for establishing on-farm
composting systems.
Composting
for Small Scale Livestock Operations -
Penn State fact sheet providing designs for constructing
small compost bins.
Rhode
Island Composting Facilities - A Solution For Pollution -
brochure listing commercial composting facilities and
RI Department of Environmental Management contact information
concerning laws and regulations.
Maine
Compost School - provides courses, videos
and resource library.
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Horses University
of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Crops, Dairy,
Livestock, Equine - Fact Sheets
University
of Vermont - Vermont Pasture Network - horse
pasture management and renovating horse paddocks with
geotextiles and gravel.
Equestrian
Land Conservation Resource - state of
New York. View their "Keeping It Green" videos
on manure, pasture and runoff management topics.
Livestock
and Land Program - State of California;
non-profit partnership helping livestock and horse
owners with implementing management practices. Visit
this site to see many great "before" and "after" photos
for addressing horse manure, paddock and runoff management
on challenging sites.
Horses
for Clean Water - State of Washington;
organization that provides education on horse keeping.
eXtension
- Horsequest -- internet-based educational
resources from over 70 universities throughout the
nation. Providing objective, research-based information
on horse care and management.
All
Weather Horse Paddocks - Brochure and
design guide for installation of geotextile fabrics
to reduce mud in horse paddocks. Ohio Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, Dept. Natural
Resources.
High
Traffic Area Pads for Horses - University
of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet. Installation
of pads using geo-textile fabric.
Dairy
One - provides forage, milk and soil testing
services, including a link to equi-analytical
laboratories which
provides the horse industry with quality forage and
feed analysis.
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Pasture
management, Fencing & Watering
also visit our pasture
page and view our fact sheet: Pastures, Fencing and Watering
on Small Acreages
University
of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Crops, Dairy,
Livestock, Equine - Fact Sheets
Pasture
Establishment for Small Scale Livestock Operations -
Penn State fact sheet
Vermont
Pasture Network
Vermont
NRCS Grazing Management Planning Tools
Missouri NRCS Publications on Electric Fencing & Watering
The
National Livestock and Poultry Learning Center
- Small
Farm Fact sheets -
see fact sheets on The ABCs of Pasture
Grazing, Livestock Watering Systems and Electric
Livestock Fencing.
The
Northeast Grazing Guide -- Northeast Pasture
Research and Extension Consortium, contains education
resources on grazing management
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Livestock
yard management - reducing mud and runoff
also visit our livestock
yard page and
view our fact sheet: Livestock
Yards and Manure Storage Areas on Small Acreages
Mud
Management For Small Scale Livestock Operations -
Penn State Fact Sheet. Includes information of the use
of geotextiles.
All
Weather Horse Paddocks - Brochure and
design guide for installation of geotextile fabrics
to reduce mud in horse paddocks. Ohio Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, Dept. Natural Resources.
High
Traffic Area Pads for Horses - University
of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet. Installation
of pads using geo-textile fabric.
Using
Geotextile Fabric in Livestock Operations - Ohio
State University Fact Sheet
University
of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Crops, Dairy,
Livestock, Equine - Fact Sheets
See
the resources listed for horses -
contains many resources and demonstration sites for reducing
mud and runoff.
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Soil
testing and nutrient management
also visit our page on recycling
manure
URI
CE Water Quality Program - nutrient management tools &
resources:
Rhode
Island Nutrient Management Workbook: Training Manual,
MS Excel Workbooks, other links
Nutrient Management Guidelines for Turfgrass Sod Production in Southern New
England
University
of Massachusetts Soil and Plant Tissue Testing Lab -
download order forms and information for soil, compost
and plant tissue testing
University
of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension Crops, Dairy,
Livestock, Equine - Fact Sheets
University
of Connecticut Soil Testing Lab - download order
forms and information for soil and plant tissue testing.
Penn
State Manure Testing Program - download order form and
information for manure testing
Dairy
One - provides forage, milk and soil testing
services, including a link to equi-analytical
laboratories which
provides the horse industry with quality forage and feed
analysis.
Nutrient
Management - Simplified - from National
Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship Small
Farms Fact Sheet series
University
of Vermont Extension - Nutrient Management Course,
Workbook and Training Manual
PA
Nutrient Management Program - look for small scale
livestock operations
eXtension - Manure Nutrient Management
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