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How Carbon Dioxide Offsets and Other Policies Impact the Financial Feasibility for Anaerobic Digestion Systems on US Dairy Farms

Brent Gloy (March, 2012)

Summary

The analysis makes use of the most comprehensive farm level data set available regarding the economic condition of U.S. dairy farms, the Economic Research Service’s Agricultural and Resource Management Survey, version 4 (ARMS). The ARMS survey contains detailed information on the production, financial and management characteristics of U.S. dairy farms. This study uses the 2005 special dairy costs and returns version of the ARMS to develop estimates of the potential for AD adoption on U.S. dairy farms.