BioTech Mills' Nafcore Horse Bedding, "The Best Horse Bedding Available"

Nafcoreä Horse Bedding is very different from wood shavings. Your horse deserves the best, Nafcore Horse Bedding.

Nafcore has many differences compared to wood shavings. Nafcore is more absorbent than wood shavings by over 300%. Kiln dried wood shavings typically absorb 210% of their weight in a liquid. Kenaf plant core material (Nafcore Horse Bedding)ä) absorbs over 700% of its weight in most liquids. In a U.S. Navy study, kenaf core material (from which Nafcore is made) was found to be the most absorbant natural material on earth.

Nafcoreä will last 2 to 4 times as long as compaired to wood shavings. Due to the absorption/evaporation cycle associated with kenaf horse bedding, you can leave the bedding in place for several days to weeks. Simply remove the manure as you normally would, and mix any damp bedding in with the remaining dry bedding. Many horses will mix the damp and dry bedding during the course of a day.
Nafcoreä provides ammonia control through a natural activity in the kenaf particles. The kenaf particles break down the ammonia components to help prevent the typical odors associated with urine. The odors will be far less with Nafcore than wood shavings.
Nafcoreä resists compression. The cellular structure of kenaf will not break down due to compression providing less dust. Kenaf therefore provides more cushion for the horse and an improved thermal barrier between the floor and horse. This also means that the horse stands on top of the bedding rather than sinking into the bedding. It may not be necessary to provide bedding at the same depth as you have done with shavings.
Nafcoreä provides labor savings as well. Less time is spent in the stall removing manure and wet bedding. Since less bedding is removed, less is replaced. Less bedding in the wheel barrow means fewer trips to the manure pile. A smaller manure pile means fewer trips to the field or reduced costs in waste removal.
Nafcoreä horse bedding does not stick to manure like shavings and sawdust. Since less bedding is replaced due to removal of wet bedding and less bedding is replaced due to removal with manure, less bedding is replaced on a daily basis. Whereas shavings are often replaced at the rate of 1\2-1 bag daily, kenaf is added at a rate of 1\2-1 bag per week.
The initial bedding depth for Nafcoreä is dependent upon a number of variables: your preference for appearance, maintenance, management style, flooring, size of stall, type & requirements of each horse, the length of time the horse stays in the stall, and what the owner or stall worker determines is the amount necessary for comfort of the horse. Some horses may require a thicker bedding level for moisture and odor control. Typically a 12’ x 12’ stall will need about 5 or 6 bags to start the initial bedding. Nafcoreä can often be left in the stall for 2-6 weeks (or longer) before replacement is needed. The choice of when to change out the bedding will depend on your tolerance for color change of the bedding and ammonia control.
Nafcoreä horse bedding is a low dust product, much less than wood shavings. Also you can minimize the presence of dust if a horse grinds the particles by a daily light sprinkle with water. A little daily moisture will aid in keeping any dust minimized. Nafcore has one of the lowest dust levels of any product in the horse bedding market.
Nafcoreä has no chemicals added in processing nor any chemicals present.
Nafcoreä is made from kenaf which is a natural plant fiber, not a wood fiber. The crop is grown annually in Eastern North Carolina. Planting occurs in the spring (seeds are drilled into the ground like wheat). The stalks are cut in the fall and lay on the ground to dry like hay for 45-60 days. The kenaf is then baled, brought to the factory, then processed and separated into an outer “bast” fiber and core material which is used to make Nafcore horse bedding.
There have been a few reported cases of horses eating the kenaf when first placed in the stall. Observe the horse carefully when first placeing in the stall, make sure you have a quanity of feed and hay in the stall, and provide plenty of fresh water. Should not be harmful if the horse occasionally chews a little Nafcore, but eating Nafcore, wood shavings or other bedding materials would require additional measures to make the horse stop eating bedding material.