dc.contributor.author	Gooch, Curt
dc.contributor.author	Pronto, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-13T15:03:15Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-13T15:03:15Z
dc.date.issued	2008-02
dc.description.abstract	Emerling Farm, Inc. in Perry, NY is a second and third generation family farm operated by John and Betty Emerling and Mike and Elizabeth Emerling. The farm was started in 1960 with 25 cows. Presently the farm houses 1,100 total dairy cows in two east/west oriented 6-row freestall barns, with plans to grow the business to 1,500 cows via internal growth Cows are milked three times a day in a double 20 parallel parlor The farm raises forage crops on 2,400 acres of land The farm selected a plug-flow digester over a mixed digester due to the reduced capital and maintenance costs The farm received funding from the New York State Energy and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as well as from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/65740
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Anaerobic Digestion	en_US
dc.subject	Biogas	en_US
dc.subject	Dairy Manure	en_US
dc.subject	Biomass Energy	en_US
dc.title	Anaerobic Digestion at Emerling Farm, Inc.	en_US
dc.type	case study	en_US

Anaerobic Digestion at Emerling Farm, Inc.

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