Carbon and Cow$ Resources

Workshop Series Resources

Workshop series held Feb 7-9, 2024, in Lynden, Sunnyside, and Othello, Washington State

Agenda

10-10:10             Welcome and Introductions

10:10-10:30 Overview of Opportunities for Dairies to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Georgine Yorgey, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University

10:30 – 12:00    PANEL with Q & A: Perspectives on Diverse Carbon Markets

Northwest Carbon Markets, Peter Weisberg, 3Degrees (Tu)

Time of Change and Timely Opportunities for Dairy Digesters, John Thornton, Clean Future (W, Th)

Carbon Market Economics and Risks, Shannon Neibergs, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University and Hernan Tejeda, Agricultural Economics, University of Idaho

Cooperative Perspective, Darigold (oral presentation only, no materials)

12:00 – 12:45                    LUNCH

12:45 – 1:15       Environmental Stewardship: A Dairy Perspective

Njoe Nyoni, Dairy Farmers of Washington

1:15 – 1:45         PANEL with Q & A: Beyond Carbon Markets: Grants, Cost-Share, and Other Support

Sustainable Farms and Fields Opportunities, Karen Hills, Washington State Conservation Commission 

NRCS Cost Share Opportunities, various (oral presentation only, no materials)

WSDA Resources, Nina Gibson, WSDA (oral presentation only, no materials)

Conservation District Support, Trevor Gearhart, Whatcom Conservation District (Tu)

1:45 – 2:30          Digesters: Dairy Considerations for On-Farm and Off-Farm Digesters, Craig Frear, Regenis (Tu)

Things to Digest About Digesters, Embrey Bronstad, Brown & Caldwell (W, Th)

Additional resources:

WSU Anaerobic Digestion Systems Factsheet Series:

• The Dairy Manure Biorefinery
• Completing a Successful Feasibility Study for an Anaerobic Digestion Project
• Anaerobic Digestion Effluents and Processes: The Basics
• On-Farm Co-Digestion of Dairy Manure with High-Energy Organics
• Considerations for Incorporating Co-Digestion on Dairy Farms
• Anaerobic Co-Digestion on Dairies in Washington State: The solid waste handling permit exemption
• Anaerobic Digester Project and System Modifications: An economic analysis
• Digested Fiber Solids: Methods for Adding Value
• Biogas Upgrading on Dairy Digesters
• The Rationale for Recovery of Phosphorus and Nitrogen from Dairy Manure
• Approaches to Nutrient Recovery from Dairy Manure
• Nutrient Recovery: Products from Dairy Manure to Improve Soil Fertility
• Economic Feasibility of Anaerobic Digester Systems with Nutrient Recovery Technologies

Top 10 Things You Wanted to Know about Carbon Markets (American Farmland Trust Publication)