Northern Victorian piggery taps into its manure for energy

A family-owned piggery in northern Victoria is about to unplug from the grid and rely on a $1 million biogas system for all its power.

Pigs manure is rich in nutrients and
 can be turned into bio-gas.

The biogas system is expected to save the business operators at Yarrawalla, 80 kilometres north of Bendigo, hundreds of thousands of dollars.

While other intensive animal farms and regional hospitals across the state face rising energy prices, the Kia Ora piggery will become self-sufficient in two months time.

One interstate research fellow who advises Australian Pork Limited has described the operator as a trail-blazer in the industry.

Read the ABC News story by Stephanie Corsetti and Erin Delahunty - “Northern Victorian piggery taps into its manure for energy.”