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Despite the difficult hurdles it’s faced building its digester system, California dairy is praised as ‘an environmental hero.’
Dairy digester mixes manure with waste from local food processors to produce power.
High input costs led to shortage of organic milk supply in 2011.
Owners John and Celia Harrison received the award, which recognizes U.S. dairy producers that apply creativity, excellence and forward thinking to achieve greater on-farm productivity and improved milk marketing.
If you must apply manure in winter, do so to fields with the lowest risk of runoff.
Jersey cows required 20% less total feedstuffs by weight and 32% less water to produce the same amount of milkfat and protein as Holstein cows.
Funding is available right now to help producers address on-farm energy use and increase efficiency.
The video also serves as a library of facts that dairy farmers can reference in talking to consumers about the dairy industry.
Western United Dairymen wants leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees to support funding for the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Funding for the biodigesters is provided through the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).