Sunnyside Dairy
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Sunnyside Farm (credit: nyanimalag.org)
Sunnyside Dairy is a 3rd generation farm where the current owner’s grandfather started with poultry and diversified cash crops. The farm began focusing predominantly on dairy in the mid-1960’s with 110 cows.
In 2009, the farm added a mixed plug flow anaerobic digester. Sunnyside’s take-away from the digester project thus far is that it “required patience and perseverance but the effort so far has been worth it” and that they would do the project all over again if they had to. Additionally they note that “five-finger waves from the neighbors when we spread digested manure on hay ground this summer were more welcome than fewer finger gestures we received in years past.”
IFES Number: 57
City: Venice Center
State: NY
Country: USA
Type of Firm: Farm
Main Products: Dairy; bedding
Size of Firm: 3500 milking cows; 5800 total acres
Ownership Type: Private
Technology: Biogas
Energy System Components: Anaerobic digester
Operational Status: Operational
Year Installed: 2009
Energy Feedstock: Manure from 3,200 cows
Energy Uses: Electricity
New co-products: Bedding
TCO2 Eq Avoided: 20,008 CO2E/yr
Website: http://www.manuremanagement.cornell.edu/Pages/General_Docs/Case_Studies/SunnySide_case_study.pdf
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