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 ...

With silage harvest underway in Minnesota and North Dakota, another critical season begins: fall manure application. After choppers leave the field, farmers turn to dairy manure to prepare the soil ...

BOZEMAN - With energy prices driving the cost of agricultural inputs up, nutrient-rich manure is getting another look. "Calls to Extension offices from people looking for manure and manure compost ...

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 ...

If the third time is a charm, Michael Happ might finally make an impression on federal lawmakers and administrators with his fact-filled, 24-page report on the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...

Winter manure spreading is often not recommended because it can lead to higher nutrient losses and harm water quality. Some states have even banned winter spreading. However, if storage capacity is ...

For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard ...

To promote sustainable agriculture practices and reduce chemical fertiliser use, farmers in Samdrup Jongkhar’s Phuentshogthang Gewog were taught how to ...

DEVILS LAKE, N.D. — When done right, composting manure and livestock is an environmentally sound way to dispose of animals and their waste, according to Mary Keena, North Dakota State University ...

Sen. Ken Rozenboom and his family have farmed and raised hogs for decades in south central Iowa.