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Manure and Pasture Management for Recreational Horse Owners Page 2 of 3 ' <br /> relationships and minimize the need for regulation, it is critical they know and <br /> practice proper manure and pasture management. <br /> Hennepin County is home to <br /> more than 500 recreational <br /> horse owners and 2,800 horses, <br /> as well as more than 1 million <br /> people in 46 cities. Most horse <br /> owners in Hennepin County live <br /> in the western half of the county <br /> and care for 5 to 10 horses. <br /> Many own fewer than 20 acres of <br /> land, including buildings, ' <br /> exercise areas, pastures, and <br /> other crop fields. As a result, <br /> some lack the pasture, cropland, <br /> and/or equipment needed to <br /> benefit from the plant nutrients ' <br /> contained in their horses' <br /> manure. They also may lack the <br /> knowledge needed to prevent <br /> soil erosion from overgraaed <br /> pastures or denuded exercise <br /> lots and to prevent nutrient <br /> runoff as a result of <br /> overapplication, improper <br /> incorporation, or application of <br /> rrranure at the wrong time or in <br /> the wrong place. <br /> This publication is intended to help recreational horse owners better manage <br /> manure and pastures. It describes two options for manure management: land <br /> spreading and composting. It also offers guidelines for improving pasture <br /> http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/components/7540_O l.html 1/17/2013 <br />