Seems like a lot of work on the back side. To keep from having to purchase new bedding quite often, it would need cleaned and disinfected. If you put it in a spreader, the tire would end up all over your pastures. When we ordered it for our playgrounds, the stuff is pricey. It works for a soft place to land, but I couldnt imagine what it would be like to clean manure and urine out of. Chips or cedar fiber..... check into those as well. they might work better for your application.