An enterprising farmer is one that, in finding a gap in available equipment, decides simply to build their own. Such is the case with Korb Whale of Clovermead Farms and the biodigester setup on his farm. When the farm decided to pursue building a digester, there really wasn’t a turn-key option in Canada. Instead, Whale… Read More
Meet Paul Klaesi of Fepro Farms near Cobden, Ont., a pioneer in cold weather biogas generation. Klaesi and his family came to a Canadian dairy farm from Switzerland in 1990. At the time, Klaesi had been looking into biogas generation, but shelved the idea while he built the farm in Canada. By 2000, he felt the… Read More
Rob McKinlay runs a 70-cow dairy near Woodstock, Ont., and has fully incorporated biogas capture into the farm’s feeding and energy system. Using manure and refused or spoiled feed as a feedstock, McKinlay’s biogas digester fully captures the energy produced on farm and uses it to keep the lights on and dairy farm humming with… Read More