If you’ve ever stepped foot on a dairy farm, you know the smell of cow manure comes with the territory. Farmers deal with the challenges of disposing of the waste on a daily basis, but a sustainable ...

Livestock manure may seem like a relatively "green" form of crop fertilizer, but unfortunately it's full of phosphorous that pollutes waterways when it's carried off the land in runoff water. That's ...

If you live near a Connecticut farm, chances are you may smell manure this summer. While its foul odor may be an ...

Rarely does anyone advertise to buy 400 tons of cow manure, but that's what Bob Du Breucq did to get enough fertilizer for a water treatment project at a mine in central Pennsylvania. As vice ...

The use of renewable energy in the agriculture industry is an exciting new frontier that—with the right partners—can bring environmental and economic benefits to farmers, surrounding communities, and ...

Like most dairy farmers, Natural Milk owner Jeremy Visser uses lagoons to store cow manure. He’ll manage the nutrients in the manure, then put them back in the soil along with fertilizer he buys to ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. (KGO) -- Page Mill winery is trying to take wine-making in the Livermore Valley to the next level with what some would call a bizarre new approach. It involves burying a cow horn ...

ITHACA — Cow manure – a longtime agricultural waste headache for dairy farmers – soon may ignite a new sustainable fertilizing trend. Judiciously decomposing organic matter from 700 degrees Fahrenheit ...

EXETER — Calling it a win-win situation is an understatement. Every day in rural Penobscot County, a large dairy farm harnesses clean-burning gas from cow manure and food waste, and it generates ...