After harvesting, poultry farmers receive miscanthus bedding at no cost, ‘payment’ is made by supplying Poulterra with the litter to produce renewable natural gas. Photos: Poulterra
A US company called Poulterra has launched its ‘Manure-as-a-Service’ (MaaS) platform, an innovative contracted approach to providing crop-based bedding to poultry farms at no cost. The High Point, the North Carolina-based company’s concept, uses miscanthus – a perennial grass used today as bedding for poultry, horses and other livestock in the US. Poulterra describes miscanthus as a highly-efficient, carbon-negative grass that grows well on marginal land. It requires no annual seedin
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