EGLE officials are defending new permit requirements for large farms, intended to further prevent livestock manure from ...

Livestock production in the U.S. has seen massive consolidation, with thousands of animals being raised in close quarters. The midpoint U.S. dairy herd in 1982 had 80 cows, while in 2007 it had 570 ...

Dairy farms are often portrayed as quaint and bucolic. But on the ground, the dairy industry is among the most hazardous to work in — the combination of heavy machinery, thousands of large animals, ...

The solution to pollution from industrial livestock farms is not to ban them or even to restrict their size. It’s to regulate ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations.

The stench of pig manure "is never more offensive than it is at that moment," said Ken Kephardt, an associate professor of animal science at Penn State. He also is a co-author with Dec of the ...

Cost-Effectiveness for Large-Scale Operations For large farms, manual labor costs can be substantial. Lonovae’s automated systems help lower these costs by replacing manual labor with efficient, ...

A climate strategy backed by Gavin Newsom is funding biodigesters that can turn manure into fuel. Local communities say there ...