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This episode discusses the Dairy Plus funding program for dairy farmers, including application details and eligible technologies.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture is accepting applications for the final round of Dairy Plus funding, a grant program that helps dairy farmers invest in advanced manure management technology. In this episode of Seen & Herd, host Amanda Russell sits down with Western United Dairies' Director of Environmental Services and Regulatory Affairs, Paul Sousa, to break down what Dairy Plus covers, which technologies qualify, and how much funding is available before applications close on September 14. Topics Discussed 0:42 What Dairy Plus is and how it's funded 1:34 Application deadline: September 14 2:00 Why the timing matters given new water qualityregulations 2:50 The whole farm nitrogen balance, explained 4:02 How Dairy Plus differs from manure separators fundedthrough AMMP 5:02 Eligible technologies: vermifiltration, weeping wallseparation, flocculant- or bead-assisted separation, and centrifuge separation 5:47 Pairing Dairy Plus technology with a digester(optional, not required) 6:10 Add-on components: composting and subsurface dripirrigation 7:15 CDQAP field day, July 23, Stanislaus County 7:53 CDQAP webinar, July 30, on choosing the righttechnology 9:12 Is…

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Russell

Guest: Paul Sousa

Topics covered

• Dairy Plus funding
• manure management technology
• application process
• water quality regulations
• eligible technologies
• dairy farming

Keywords

• Dairy Plus
• manure management
• funding
• dairy farmers
• California
• technology
• application deadline

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California Department of Food and Agriculture, Western United Dairies

Places: Stanislaus County

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