Posted by Ken Macfarlane on March 30, 2009 at 11:11:38 from (156.34.142.102):
In Reply to: Re: dairy farming posted by Matt H NY on March 30, 2009 at 09:57:16:
Not all farmers are the same. Family owned corporations don't behave the same as publicly traded ones. Family farms don't behave the same as corporate farms.
RE big farms:
Large farms have a much high density of livestock and manure. Therefore the consequences of manure spills are higher because they have more of it to spill. On the other hand, it is easier to implement good containment on a large scale and easier to add membranes to the huge amount of manure to capture methane to make power.
Small farmers tend to have higher people to head ratio's so everything from sick cattle to manure spills can usually be noticed quicker.
Locally there are some companies offering manure banking since the small local dairies can't afford the huge costs of construction. I'm sure some coops will become established too.
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