There are several sustainability programs available for producers to adapt on their farms to receive carbon credits or some other incentive payment in return.

Whether your objective is sustainability, a new revenue source or odor control, interest in and development of dairy anaerobic digester projects has swelled over the past few years. The upward trend is only expected to increase as dairies seek manure solutions to meet a changing marketplace.

The push for environmentally sustainable agriculture has sparked a lot of interest in anaerobic digesters that can convert manure into biofuel.

The buzz around sustainability continues to grow. And while there is an end goal of creating a more viable dairy sector for years to come, reaching that point looks different for every producer.

Anaerobic digestion is seeing increased interest and implementation on many farms throughout the U.S. But what is anaerobic digestion? What do the economic opportunities look like? And, how would it fit on your farm?

Evan Barton was a student in Dr. David Galton’s dairy science course at Cornell University when he realized there was the potential for dairy farming in his future.

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.

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Jenn Coyne visits with Evan Barton of South Fork Dairy Farm in Newark, Ohio. Barton is a first-generation dairy farmer who signed a deal with Clean Energy Fuel to use the manure that his cows produce to create renewable natural gas