[Digestion] Small Digester and Rankine Engine Questions

[bennett at frognet.net]

>
> 	I have two questions I am hoping someone has answers for:
>
> 	1.       Are there small farms with digesters in the United States? When
> I say small farm I don’t mean 2-3 cows, I mean a farm with around 125
> dairy cows, which is the average herd size in Michigan. If so, where are
> they and what has been their experience with their digester? I suspect
> there probably are no small farms with digesters in the US, but I would
> really like to know. I have had numerous inquiries from farmers with
> small farms in West Michigan about putting in a digester on their farm.
> If my assumption is correct that there are no small farms with digesters,
> are there farms with comparable numbers of dairy cattle with digesters
> outside of the United State? If so, where are they and what has their
> experience been with their digester?
>
>

 Brothers Matt and Ben Freund are second generation dairy farmers in 
Connecticut with around 200-250 cows, I think.  They have continuously
run a methane digester since 1997.