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How one northwest Indiana dairy farm is turning waste into water
A northwest Indiana dairy farm is using a first of its kind technology to improve sustainability.
Carl Ramsey with Curtis Creek Dairy says the facility has partnered with Sedron Technologies to turn waste into renewable products.
“Their system separates the liquid manure into drier solids,” he says. “That contains all of the organic nitrogen, all of the phosphorus, and the potassium. It also pulls out a liquid ammonium nitrate. We start by pulling the water out. We end by putting it back on top of the ground.”
He tells Brownfield the technology has allowed the farm to become a zero-discharge operation.
“We’ve used that water to water the cows and feed the crops,” he says. “We pull it out, it goes through the digester as manure, and it comes back.”
Ramsey says the dairy continues to look for ways to implement new technologies to help boost its sustainability profile.
Curtis Creek Dairy is part of Fair Oaks Farms located in Newton County.
AUDIO: Carl Ramsey, Curtis Creek Dairy
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