Cows wait patiently to be herded into the milking parlor to be milked at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. The cows will become even more productive as their waste will be used to create biogas in a partnership with Summit Natural Gas.
Jenni Tilton-Flood of the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday describes a new collaboration with the Summit Natural Gas of Maine to produce renewable natural gas from cow manure. The farm's 1,800 milking cows provide ample manure stocks.
Workers keep pace as cows are milked on a rotating 100-stall milking parlor at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. The cows will become even more productive as their waste will be used to create biogas in a partnership with Summit Natural Gas.
Jessika Hall milks cows on a circular 100-stall milking parlor at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton, on Thursday. The cows will become even more productive as their waste will be used to create biogas in a partnership with Summit Natural Gas.
Two cows at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday wait in a pen to be milked. The cows are expected to become even more productive as their waste will be used to create biogas in a partnership with Summit Natural Gas.
George Greenwood, driving a bucket loader, fills a manure spreader at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. Eight dairy farms are partnering with Summit Natural Gas to produce biogas and other products from cows’ manure.
A farm worker flips tires with a backhoe to drain water from them. The tires hold tarps over silage at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. Eight dairy farms are partnering with Summit Natural Gas to produce biogas and other products from cows’ manure.
Farm workers operating bucket loaders will have a new task to accomplish when they start moving the waste of thousands of cows from the Flood Brothers dairy farm and seven others to a digester that will convert the manure into useful products, including biogas.
A farm worker spreads cow manure on a field at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. Eight dairy farms are partnering with Summit Natural Gas to produce biogas and other products from cows’ manure.
George Greenwood operates a bucket loader amid manure piles at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. Summit Natural Gas plans to produce renewable natural gas from cow manure in partnership with eight dairy farms. Flood Brothers’ 1,800 milking cows provide ample manure stocks.
William Flood of the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton, on Thursday repairs a harrow used for planting crops. The farm’s stock will contribute more than milk in the future as their waste will be used to make biogas in partnership with Summit Natural Gas.
Jenni Tilton-Flood on Thursday stands amid the future of the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton, a 400-foot drive-through barn filled with young stock that will no doubt contribute to a new collaboration with Summit Natural Gas of Maine to produce renewable natural gas from cow manure.
Darci Owens bottle feeds a newborn calf at the Flood Brothers dairy farm in Clinton on Thursday. Cows will become even more productive as their waste will be used to create biogas in a partnership with Summit Natural Gas.
