Peter is joined by Cornish dairy farmers Kevin and Katie Hoare to discuss methane and the work they have been doing on their farm to capture methane gas and use it as a fuel.
Today on the show we’re talking about farm sustainability, slurry management and methane capture (and we promise that it won’t be a lot of hot air!). Peter is joined by Cornish dairy farmers Kevin and Katie Hoare to learn about the work they have been doing to use their farm’s captured methane gas as fuel on farm.
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Timestamps
00:01 Cornish Mutual jingle
00:14 Peter Green introduces the show.
00:55 Katie Hoare introduces their farm.
01:50 The investments that have been made since they came to the farm. Kevin Hoare introduces the slurry storage as it was.
03:12 What was the motivation to look into methane capture?
04:08 Katie talks about the lagoon.
05:34 How the store works in practice.
7:28 How big is the lagoon?
10:22 Store is anaerobic.
11:20 The cost is fertiliser saving.
13:15 Costs of installing methane systems on dairy farms.
14:35 Tiles for existing lagoons.
17:14 New developments in future.
17:50 Methane powered tractor from New Holland.
19:50 comparing diesel v methane tractors.
21:15 What are the advantages to the business of going down the biomethane route?
22:35 The financials.
24:24 The personal piece of the benefits.
26:10 Farming is circular.
27:40 Tips to farmers.
28:48 Peter's showstoppers.
30:48 Peter rounds up