The farm that Alice and Caleb Crothers inherited in 2015 was, like many dairy farms nationwide, struggling — but now, cow manure is helping to keep it going. Last fall, the Crothers started up a ...

A Michigan company is seeking approval from Vermont regulators to build a manure digester at one of the state’s largest dairy farms, alongside a new 8-mile pipeline that would transport the natural ...

In April, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it would stop providing loan guarantees for methane biodigester ...

Modern agriculture can create a lot of waste, but that doesn't mean it needs to go to waste. At Crave Brothers Farmstead in Waterloo, Wisconsin, they're turning that waste into profit by reusing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 9—ELLISBURG — A Rochester area company plans to build a $20 million anaerobic digester facility that will turn manure from a ...

PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at ...

Starting later this summer, people across Connecticut might be getting their natural gas from cow manure. It's been nearly eight years since Oakridge Dairy Farm in Ellington began the process of ...

Connecticut is set to unveil its first methane digester in Ellington next week. Fifth-generation farmer Seth Bahler and his team at Oakridge Dairy Farm have spent the better part of the last year ...

BROOTEN, Minn. — Brooten dairy farmers Jerry and Linda Jennissen say their new methane digester is a win-win. The digester produces renewable energy and provides one-third of their farm’s energy needs ...

When cow manure decomposes, it releases methane gas. The EPA says it's 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Because of that, a growing number of livestock farms ...

Jul. 1—ELLINGTON — At Oakridge Dairy, the cows are doing double duty — providing milk and sustainable energy. After breaking ground in November 2021, construction of the dairy's two million-gallon, ...

BROOTEN, Minn. — More than 200 people attended the recent methane digester field day on Jerry and Linda Jennissen’s Brooten farm. The Jennissen’s methane digester pilot project uses the smallest ...