USDA and Dairy Industry to Boost Anaerobic Digester Use

The U.S. dairy industry has committed to work with the Agriculture Department to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent before 2020 through the expanded use of technology that converts manure into energy. It’s estimated that only 2% of dairies in the United States efficiently and profitably use energy-conversion technologies, such as lined and covered manure lagoons. There are approximately 56,000 dairies in the US.