alternative energy | Morning Ag Clips

May 25, 2019

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ...

Company to turn cow poo into gas to heat homes

Maine company plans to spend about $20 million on the renewable natural gas project

April 23, 2019

EARTH DAY ...

Pig farmers celebrate Earth Day every day

Alternative energy, soil health, air quality and more

March 25, 2019

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WIND & SOLAR CONFERENCE ...

Nebraska Wind & Solar Conference Oct. 29-30

Over 350 people are expected to attend this year’s conference

December 5, 2018

FUNDING ANNOUNCED ...

Farms to get $19M for clean energy projects

New York makes $19 million available for clean energy technologies on farms

July 23, 2018

Colorado State University's Rural Energy Center has completed 10 initial economic feasibility assessments for solar energy at Colorado feedlots, and the results are promising. (Courtesy of Colorado Livestock Association)

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ...

CSU finds feedlot solar to be economically feasible

CSU accepting animal feeding operations, farms with animal ag into FASE program

July 10, 2018

POOP-TO-POWER ...

Manure separator benefits dairy, generates energy

State-of-the-art system that separates manure from sand bedding material

July 8, 2018

FUNDING AWARDED ...

CDFA funds dairy digester projects

Dairy digesters help capture methane emissions, can produce electricity or natural gas

June 21, 2018

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SEMINAR ...

Wind and solar energy focus of Extension seminar

July 18 from 6 to 8 pm at the Morgan County Extension office

June 20, 2018

Renewable energy has intrigued Hans Breitenmoser since childhood. In 2012 the Merrill, Wisconsin, dairy farmer installed solar panels on the main freestall barn of his 430-cow dairy. And, in 2016, when Breitenmoser was drawing up plans for a new barn, he decided to increase his farm's solar energy footprint. This time, instead of financing the project on his own, the Wisconsin Farmers Union member worked with Farmers Union Enterprises to help him fund the installation that, coupled with the 2012 panels, now covers 25 percent of his farm's energy needs. (Courtesy image)

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ...

Farmers harvest the sun's energy & save

Renewable energy has intrigued Hans Breitenmoser since childhood

June 10, 2018

THE BUZZ ...

Making solar farm sites friendly to bees

Bees and many other species of pollinating insects face threats related to habitat loss