Third Demo Farm Network in Wisconsin launched in Ozaukee County

MADISON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Ozaukee County Land & Water Management Department have entered an agreement to launch a new demonstration farm network in Ozaukee county.

This is the third demonstration farm network in Wisconsin that NRCS has collaborated with conservation partners to establish. The partnership will support a network of farms that will demonstrate the best conservation practices to reduce phosphorus entering Lake Michigan.

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Ken Notes: We need a current CAFO to demo digestion and pasteurization of the effluent while producing energy. Then, with a successful business model in hand, we need to mandate the use these technologies on all farms over 1,000 cows. If we can demonstrate economic feasibility we can go a long way to cleaning the environment and our watersheds.