AlterAg Industries And Novilla RNG To Produce Renewable Natural Gas On AlterAg’s Lynn Farms
AlterAg Industries Corporation a vertically integrated dairy farm and dairy products company, today announced agreement with Buckhorn RNG, LLC a wholly owned subsidiary of Novilla Investment Holdings, to produce renewable natural gas, and other useful products from manure generation by AlterAg’s Lynn dairy farm operations. Under the agreement, Novilla will construct, own and operate a manure conversion facility on AlterAg’s Lynn farm property that is anticipated to produce more than 120,000MMBtu of renewable natural gas per year from waste-manure — the energy equivalent to approximately 900,000 gallons of gasoline or 875,000 gallons of propane. The AlterAg and Novilla project will also preempt greenhouse gas emission equivalent to 6,500 or more automobiles, annually.
Commenting on the announcement, AlterAg’s Chief Executive Officer, Ron Braatz, said, “AlterAg’s mission continues to be production and distribution of high-quality milk and branded dairy products by controlling and balancing the supply chain between tillable farmland and branded dairy products. Our added challenge is to meet our strategic plan with a specific focus on animal health and care, socially conscious practices, a clean environment, and predictable profit.
“Today’s announcement with Novilla RNG furthers our objectives by being able to convert millions of tons of manure into eco-friendly natural gas and high-quality fertilizers, to further remove greenhouse gas emissions from our atmosphere, and to generate additional profit.”