Good Practice - Project

Piloting the ‘Stable of the Future’ for the pig farming sector

A pilot project to create an innovative pig farm based on the principle of processing fresh manure to minimise GHG emissions and increase the farm’s profitability.
  • CAP Implementation
  • - Programming period: 2014-2022 Netherlands
    - Programming period: 2014-2022 Netherlands

    General information

    RDP Priority
    • P2. Competitiveness
    RDP Focus Area
    • 2A: Farm’s performance, restructuring & modernisation
    RDP Measure
    • M04: Investments in physical assets

    Summary

    This pilot project aims to develop the ‘stable of the future’ which will produce renewable energy in the form of biogas and which will recover nitrogen so that natural gas is no longer needed to make artificial fertilizers. The pilot stable is based on an approach to preventing the generation of unwanted gases and to supporting the generation of sustainable energy from fresh manure. Such a stable will increase the farm’s profitability and become an example of modern circular agriculture.

    Results

    The project will result in an integral, sustainable barn that complies with legislation without the use of an air scrubber.

    It will be based on the principle of removing the manure from the barn every day. This prevents  the release of ammonia and other harmful gases.

    Promoter

    H.W.M. van Zutphen

    Funding

    Total budget 775 713 (EUR)
    EAFRD 125 000 (EUR)
    National/Regional 125 000 (EUR)
    Private 525 713 (EUR)

    Ressources

    English language

    gp_nl_stablefuture_pig_sector_web_392_fin.pdf

    (PDF – 316.04 Ko)