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New Farm Journal series explores ag’s role in the crisis
Pennsylvania State University researchers are experimenting with sophisticated diets to reduce harmful pollutants that emerge from, ahem, both ends of the cow.
USDA has announced the opening of the application period for proposals to conduct feasibility studies on prospective renewable energy systems, including anaerobic digesters, under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).
Straus Family Creamery emphasizes responsible stewardship
Herds with 300 or more cows will need 180 days of manure storage.
Dairy digester mixes manure with waste from local food processors to produce power.
KINDERHOOK -- Eric Ooms remembers the financial “carnage” that hit dairyfarmers when milk prices soured as the recession took hold in 2009. “The price of our milk just collapsed. It was tough for a lot of people. “Now, the 37-year farmer is getting a breather as prices paid for milk have recovered to an all-time high. But he is hedging his bets, using some of that extra cash to buy a grain dryer so he can sell his excess corn for feed.
John Noble, a sixth generation dairyfarmer, got his first taste of the benefits of biogas about a decade ago, when he installed a small system on his Wyoming County farm.Now, Noble and a host of investors, including a handful of local farm families, are getting into biogas in a big way. Synergy Biogas, an entity owned by Florida-based renewable energy company CH4 Biogas, last week took the wraps off its new biogas power project, located on the 1,850-cow dairyfarm that Synergy owns in Wyoming County.
Despite the difficult hurdles it’s faced building its digester system, California dairy is praised as ‘an environmental hero.’
Influx of younger dairy farmers bodes well for the economy and environment.
The retailer will buy more from small and mid-sized farmers around the world, reduce food waste, and sustainably source key agricultural products.
Emission reductions roughly equivalent to removing 408,000 cars from California highways
As new Rule 4570 is adopted, dairy families credited for efforts to improve air quality.
Western United Dairymen is seeking a few dairies for a project to demonstrate a water balance approach to perform lagoon sealing measurements for dairy manure storage ponds.
Byline: Benzinga StaffMANHEIM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kreider Farms, one of Pennsylvania’s largest dairyfarms, announces the groundbreaking of a multi-million dollar livestock waste treatment system as part of a joint venture with Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. Located at Kreider’s Farm in Manheim, Pa., the Cleantech facility is the first of its kind in the state and is designed to treat and recycle manure from the Farms’ 2,000 dairy cows in an eco-friendly manner. Bion’s patented technology provides a solution to the pollution associated with livestock operations, eliminating most of theenvironmental impacts of animal waste, including excess nutrients, ammonia, phosphorus, and greenhouse gases.
The key is to hedge regularly, but distant months.
The site reinforces the U.S. dairy industry’s important role in a safe, affordable and abundant food supply.
Only the individual dairy farmer – after much discussion with family members and input from lenders and other key advisers – can make the decision to exit.
Goal is to seek long-term solutions for state’s struggling dairy industry, with recommendations developed by year’s end.
Awards honor the ‘best of the best’ dairies that manage environmental impact and contribute to local communities while building business value.
Washington State dairy will install an anaerobic digester and sell the resulting electricity to a utility.
Fields should be scouted every week following the first cutting of alfalfa.
Department of Agriculture provides $35,000 to help dairies manage manure, protect water.
Report recommends dairy-specific training for regulatory staff.
Family has farmed the land for 100 years, and today its thriving dairy farm uses cutting-edge technology to increase profits and protect the environment.
Grants up to $5,000 are available to farmers in the Animal Welfare Approved program.
USDA is making investments of more than $21 million in energy projects nationwide.
One objective is to explore innovative ways to use products previously considered waste streams from dairy production, processing and handling.
Fair Oaks milk trucks no longer use diesel. Instead, they head to dairy manufacturing plants to fill up.