Understanding a U.S.-based solution to rising fertilizer costs

Livestock producers could play a role in helping crop producers manage one of their costliest inputs. A simple, sustainable, and effective - yet not well-known - solution for rising fertilizer prices, is digestate, the byproduct of anaerobic digestion of organic waste material like animal manure.In this episode we talk with Patrick Serfass, Executive Director of the American Biogas Council, who shares his insights on what’s happening in the fertilizer market and how this alternative source of nutrients can be a boon for livestock and feed grain producers alike.You can read more of our coverage of the commodity markets and developing production technologies in the pages of Feedstuffs; you can find the latest issue now by visiting Feedstuffs.com and clicking on “Digital Editions.”