Wiese Brothers Farms is one of 11 dairies working in partnership to provide manure for Wisconsin’s latest anaerobic digester, BC Organics owned and operated by Dynamic Renewables. The Brown County plant, with 16 digesters on site, has the capabilities to process 900,000 gallons of manure daily.

Completing manure analysis at a certified lab might be more important than expected in 2023.

Milk has been the traditional commodity of dairy farms for generations, but with the global demand to improve sustainability measures across industries, dairy producers should consider how there is opportunity on the farms beyond milk production.

Jason Oliver, PhD, joins the PRO-DAIRY team as Senior Extension Associate of the Dairy Environmental Systems program. 

Since the early 1960s nearly, 150 people have died in the U.S. because of manure-related gas incidents. Of these, almost half occurred on dairy farms, with the most common activity at the time of death being conducting repairs or maintenance on manure-handling equipment or attempting to rescue another individual.

Manure management is inescapable when you are a dairy farmer. And dealing with the more than 20 gallons of manure and urine each cow generates every day requires a significant investment by farms of all sizes.