Composting horse, cow, and chicken manure is one of the best ways to maximize the value of your livestock, and, with a little planning, the process can be an enormous benefit to your livestock and ...

Things to Do Columnists Showdown: Horse vs. cow manure in the garden Cow manure is recommended for your garden, but you can also use horse manure if it has been composted. Credit: Randee Daddona ...

Farmyard manure is an organic fertilizer that can help with plant growth. But there are some things to consider before putting it in your garden.

Compost bedded barns use wood chips or sawdust as bedding instead of straw. The wood residue binds the excrement and daily aerating incorporates the manure and starts the composting process.

Manure is now producing a steady supply of hot water — and cutting propane use — at Vern-Mont Farm due to a partnership with an Enosburg Falls company specializing in compost heat recovery.