The system, upon which New Holland has partnered with UK company Bennamann, works roughly like this: farmers collect as much cow poop as possible as a slurry, and instead of directly using it as ...

More than a decade ago, California helped spark a boom in biofuels — produced from plants or animal waste — with its first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard. The program forces carbon-intensive ...

Earth has a cow problem. Cow agriculture is one of the largest emitters of climate-warming methane to the atmosphere. But adding a type of red algae known for its methane-inhibiting properties to cow ...

A Norwegian technology company has found a way to stop livestock slurry from releasing methane – by zapping it with artificial lightning. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas emitted from sources ...

MOSCOW, Idaho | Drive by a dairy and take a good whiff. Anyone in the industry will say “that’s the smell of money.” Idaho is home to more than a million dairy cows, and each cow produces 100 to 150 ...