Montana State University study looks at turning manure into revenues

Livestock manure isn’t often thought of as a value-added product, but researchers at Montana State University and MSU Extension are trying to change that.

Producers may be able to make money by composting livestock manure while at the same time improving the quality of their soil and protecting the environment.

Melynda Harrison, MSU News Service

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7523

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The NRCS has produced an informatve video http://www.hulsdairy.com/digester/Huls_Web.wmv about the Huls Dairy operation.

Greening up the dairy. Huls Farm in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana gets a $1.2MM methane digester http://matr.net/article-32492.html

Cow-fed methane / Corvallis, Montana dairy installs manure digesters http://matr.net/article-26460.html

State-of-the-art facility helps Corvallis dairy crank out 3,000 gallons of milk a day http://matr.net/article-14050.html

High-tech herd- Huls Dairy modernizes with computer chips, couches for cows http://matr.net/article-7185.html