Grazing Pastures Northumberland Spring 2007

Farm Resources - Alternative Profit Opportunities.

While buy-back crop production forms the principle part of Farming4profit, we cannot overlook the opportunities of making profit from other farm resources. Indeed we are compelled to do so from the Single Farm Payment due to be phased out by 2012.

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Alternative Use - Buildings .

1. Small-scale Tilapia Farming. Researchers at the University of Stirling have been developing small scale, warmwater production systems for growing tilapia as a diversification strategy for UK agricultural farmers and rural entrepreneurs. There is significant potential for UK farmers to produce tilapia by insulating underutilised farm buildings, re-using low value thermal heat and sourcing on-farm or local vegetable protein sources of feed for tilapia. More elaborate technologies might also emerge such as the use of methane produced from dairy cattle, waste heat from dairy coolers, or on-site refrigeration units. In order to gain further understanding of the viability of the project the research team is now looking to develop and test a prototype recirculation system on farm and therefore would be interested in hearing from UK farmers and rural entrepreneurs who are willing to dip their toe in this novel approach to food production. Detailed summary here. For further information regarding the project look at the dedicated webpage accessed through the Stirling University link to the left of this summary.
   
   Waste heat from a biomass boiler heating system may also prove a useful alternative heat source, while at the same time providing a heat 'dumping' facility for the biomass heating system. Anyone interested in biomass heat systems may be interested in reading about the range of multistoker boilers available from Bedfordshire-based Asgard-biomass.

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