 This research paper discusses the importance of treating livestock manure to reduce the risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their associated genes being transferred into the environment. Two different approaches were evaluated, storage and composting. The alphas found that both methods reduced the number of antibiotic-resistant genes, but composting was more effective than storage. Composting also resulted in a faster and more pronounced reduction of mobile genetic elements carrying antibiotic-resistant genes, including those responsible for multi-drug resistance. Overall, the composting process can be an efficient strategy for mitigating the spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment and reducing the risk of its transfer to crops and the feed chain, while providing essential fertilizer ingredients. This article was authored by Magdalena Zaluska, Alexandra Blazejevska, Agnieszka Chapko and others.