I have horse manure to sell. What would be a reasonable price?
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
People sell 10 pounds of pasteurized product for $47 on Etsy.
I am sure it requires some hazmat shipping, but you would have to check with the PO about the restrictions for shipping if you are going that way.
Best to find what it goes for in your town and undercut the lowest seller by a dollar or two.
Post back with how your sales go!
I do not believe you have a way to pasteurize your manure but if you figured out how to compost it you may be able to sell it from your farm or if enough is available you may be able to sell it to an area yard that sells compost as well as other materials like sawdust and yard fill - usually by the trailer load.
I do not know where you live but most likely your state/county has certain permits you will have to have before posting 'horse manure' for sale.
As far as the price to charge you should check your area for other farms/ranches that sell compost to see what they are charging and also check what type of containers they use. You may have to have special sacks as well a way to load a trailer or the bed of a pickup truck.
Be sure you check with your county to see if you have to have a permit to sell or you could wind up in a lot of trouble if you need one and do not have it.
I'm from an area in Florida that is considered 'horse country" and there are several ranches that sell composted horse manure. They sell it by the bag or a load but their prices would not be the same in other parts of the country.
Here are links to a couple of articles that have a lot of information that you probably should know (but did not know to ask).
stablemanagement.com/
smallbusiness.chron.com/
You can not just sell it outright like this. You need to get some barrels with tight lids on them and make compost out of your manure. Here is an excellent site that can teach you all you need to know about making compost out the manure. After this it can be bagged up and sold. In order to get a good price in your local area, it is necessary to check around at how much the sacks are being sold for.
I would look what it is selling for in your area. This is a helpful article that says what horse manure can be used
For
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
