A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But ...

Anaerobic digesters converting manure to biogas reduce methane emissions from livestock, but incentives for them have ...

The Agriculture Department’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service has announced it will extend its pause on loan guarantees for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADISON - New research conducted by environmental groups argues that manure digesters, seen as a solution to pollution from ...

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

A Danish company’s plans to turn cow manure into renewable energy in Minnesota and Wisconsin’s dairy country have tanked, at least for now. Nature Energy planned to build several large-scale anaerobic ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation is giving interested parties until mid-September to submit proposals for manure management practices ...

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

State regulators have fined a Northwest Iowa dairy $10,000 for constructing a set of manure transport pipes months before seeking a permit for the work. It is the second fine associated with ...

Manure digesters, touted as eco-friendly solutions for managing agricultural waste and reducing greenhouse gases, have limited capacity to reduce livestock-related greenhouse gas emissions, and entail ...

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 ...