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Some of the staff who work with Advance Tank Production Ltd. on their new biogas slurry trailer include, left Cameron Friedrich, Stephen Palsich, Mitch Amberson, Mike Frombach and right, Doug Kee. Also shown are Holger Ross Lauritsen and Jan Johansen from VM Tarm which worked with Advance on the project.
Livestock, Machinery

Biogas slurry trailer rapidly loads and unloads

Manure can be moved to a digester and digestate returned to a farm more efficiently

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A key piece of technology important to the success of biogas digesters in Europe is now available in Canada. Advance Tank Production Ltd., has built a rapid loading and unloading tanker that makes moving manure around quicker and more efficient. Why it matters: Biogas digester numbers are growing in Ontario, but some infrastructure still isn’t […] Read more
Ton Groot Roessink, right, and his girlfriend Kim Stapelbroek are working to create liquid fertilizer from their manure which meets Dutch nutrient regulations.
Dairy, News

Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops

Process reduces manure hauling, produces usable heat and electricity for Dutch farm

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Ton Groot Roessink milks about 200 cows near Baak, using robots, automated feeding and automated manure cleaning. Manure from the farm is put through a biogas digester. The methane is burned to produce electricity and heat for the farm.
News

Editorial: A big carrot in one hand, nothing in the other

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It’s rarely a great idea to compare yourself to someone else. You can end up dissatisfied with something about yourself or about what they have and you don’t. Psychologists have a name for this behavior. It’s called social comparison. The theory suggests that people value their own personal and social worth by assessing how they […] Read more
“So the challenge is going to be making sure they understand that in rural areas, biogas and renewable natural gas are going to be solutions for us.” – Ian Nokes
Livestock, News

How biogas can fit with a sustainable agriculture strategy

The potential is huge, but policies must make sense

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The landscape for renewable natural gas (RNG) production on Ontario farms is getting bigger, but the provincial and federal governments must stop thinking of the fuel in the same way as they do for natural gas derived from fossil fuels. That was the take-home message from a group of panelists representing the agriculture sector at […] Read more

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