Dairy - Stokman Farm, Holland
Future
Future plans include the construction of an anaerobic digester on the farm, which will process all the cow slurry (other waste products may be included). The methane produced from this system will then be piped to the processing dairy where it will be used as a flammable gas (in conjunction with natural gas) to heat water to produce steam required by the dairy.
The farm is also applying to the Dutch government’s Environmental Department to approve the new "free choice dairy system" with a special green facility mark, which, if granted, will mean this is the first dairy farm to achieve this accreditation mark.