by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 25, 2023 | Biochar, Author bio, Carbon bonding
Some of the country's leading researchers on soil carbon, soil microbes and biochar were presenters at the webinar The Secrets of Soil Carbon – about carbon sequestration, biochar and R&D on June 3, 2020. We wanted to show what we know and what we don't know about how we can sequester more...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 25, 2023 | Author bio, Carbon bonding
In the brochure Our Soil and Carbon Storage, we will take a closer look at the organic matter in the soil and its importance in building fertile soil. Increased carbon storage in agricultural soil is considered an important climate measure both nationally and internationally. An increase in...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio
When we built a new milking barn at Mære in 2016, we installed heat recovery on our milk tank. A heat exchanger on the milk tank makes it possible to recover heat that we remove from the milk during cooling. We use the energy to heat water that we can use for the milking robot and...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio
Agriculture in Trøndelag has the potential to deliver a full 2,200 GWh of energy. If we ignore biofuels, the potential is still a full 900 GWh. This is higher than the consumption of energy in the industry. Trøndelag Research and Development has conducted a study commissioned by Mære...
by Gunnar Larsen | Mar 25, 2023 | Energy measures, Author bio, Front page, Green plants
The greenhouse was built and put into use in 2007. It has a total floor area of 3,000 m2. Half of the area is used for plant production. The rest of the area consists of a construction hall, intended for the landscape gardeners, as well as common rooms such as changing rooms, sanitary facilities, classrooms and...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 24, 2023 | Author bio, Green plants, Carbon bonding
At Mære, we have been conducting practical testing over several years with the sowing of various cover crops in grain with a view to soil improvement and capturing excess nutrients. The sowing has been done at different times and with different equipment (weed harrow with seeding unit and drone). The challenge has...
