Visited a dairy farm outside Derry today who informed me that he has planning permission put in for an anaerobic digester with a capital investment of 1.4 million stg required. There is a 10 year payback system with a return on investment of 20%. This client currently grows in excess of 200 acres of potatoes and the current market price for same is 70 pounds per tonne which is totally unprofitable. If he gets the planning permission to install of these units, he can afford to lease the land to cut silage 5 times per year to feed the digester and then include cattle slurry as part of the receipe for the digester system.
Dr Dan @ www.cows365.com