Implementing novel management practices in dairy farming, one of the commonwealth's major agricultural industries, could help ...

Biogas made from dairy and pig manure has long been an energy source non grata for environmental groups across the country.

Novilla RNG constructs manure digesters that have the appearance of grain bins to capture methane. This one is south of Sioux Center in Northwest Iowa. (Courtesy of Novilla RNG) Buy Photo The Gazette ...

Learn about the pause on USDA anaerobic digester loans as the agency addresses high delinquency rates and environmental concerns.

Groups focusing on the environment and small farms are praising a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pause and ...

Let down by electric utilities, farmers bet on natural gas as a more promising way to make a return from cow manure. This story is the second in a three-part series. Read the first and third ...

PLYMOUTH, Ind. — Homestead Dairy Farm is family-owned and operated. Jill and Brian Houin recycle cow manure to help power their hometown with green energy. They’re able to do that with the help of an ...

MADISON - New research conducted by environmental groups argues that manure digesters, seen as a solution to pollution from large-scale livestock farms, do more harm than good because of other ways ...

The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and 42 other environmental organizations (collectively, “BRWA”) submitted a Petition to the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative ...

ST. PAUL -- The House and Senate have provided $660,000 to provide loans to finance manure digester systems. Manure digesters take farm animal waste, trap the methane gas from the manure and convert ...

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 home to counter the ...