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On-Farm Composting Handbook. 1992. NRAES-54.

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ACE Farm: Enclosed windrow composting

Contractor:    ACE Farm
 Project #:     6749
Contact:    Tyler Etzel 845.783.1381
Sector:    Poultry
Size:    130,000 laying hens
Technology/End Products:    Enclosed windrow composting
Project Type & Status:    Demonstration - composting system operating
NYSERDA Funding:     $166,785
Total Project Budget:      $342,700

Brey’s Egg Farm: High-rise and windrow composting

Contractor:      Brey's Egg Farm
 Project #:       6748
Contact:       Dan Brey 845.482.5464
Sector:    Poultry
Size:     345,000 birds
Technology/End Products:     High-rise and windrow composting
Project Type & Status:    Demonstration - composting system operating
NYSERDA Funding:      $110,000
Total Project Budget:      $230,800

Cornell Waste Management Institute: Linking farm composts and agricultural users

Contractor:     Cornell Waste Management Institute
 Project #:       7253
Contact:        Ellen Harrison  607.255.8576 
Sector:     Dairy
Size:     NA
Technology/End Products:      Linking farm composts and agricultural users
Project Type & Status:      Market development
NYSERDA Funding:        $80,000
Total Project Budget:      $160,000

Cornell Waste Management Institute: Composting

Contractor:     Cornell Waste Management Institute
 Project #:      6593
Contact:        Ellen Harrison  607.255.8576 
Sector:    Multiple Ag Sectors
Size:     NA
Technology/End Products:     Composting
Project Type & Status:     Test 30 composts and evaluate testing/labeling  program - test results analyzed
NYSERDA Funding:        $180,000
Total Project Budget:      $263,887

Earthworks, Inc.: Composting

Contractor:     Earthworks, Inc.
 Project #:      65254
Contact:       Bob Walker  518.851.2955 
Sector:    Dairy
Size:     1,000+ milking cows
Technology/End Products:     Composting
Project Type & Status:     Farm collaborative demo with composter business operator
NYSERDA Funding:        $75,000
Total Project Budget:      $417,544


Fessenden Dairy: Vermicomposting
Poster #2

Contractor:   Fessenden Dairy
 Project #: 6745
Contact: Tim Fessenden 315-364-5762
Sector:    Dairy
Size:    550 milking cows
Technology/End Products:   Vermicomposting
Project Type & Status:  Demonstration of full -scale vermicomposting system - being operated
NYSERDA Funding:        $90,000
Total Project Budget:     $202,800


Kreher’s Poultry Farms: Aerobic stabilization to make fertilizer

Contractor:  Kreher’s Poultry Farms
 Project #: 6247
Contact: Bret Kreher   716.759.6802
Sector:  Poultry
Size:    600,000 laying hens
Technology/End Products:   Aerobic stabilization to make fertilizer
Project Type & Status:  Single farm demo - composting system operating
NYSERDA Funding:  $200,000
Total Project Budget:   $1,549,803

NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling: Composting

Contractor:  NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling
 Project #: 6184
Contact: Melanie O’Donnell 315.453.2866
Sector:  Multiple ag sectors
Size:  NA
Technology/End Products:  Composting
Project Type & Status:  Develop program for compost labeling and marketing - work completed
NYSERDA Funding:  $32,265
Total Project Budget:   $44,484