MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- It's a smelly situation. A Merced dairy is converting cow waste into renewable energy. Eileen Martinho works for Maas Energy Works and tells us how it's done. "This is a dairy ...

“An average dairy cow can produce about 22,000 kilograms of manure a year, so it can be a source of a lot of pollution,” she ...

University researchers are studying a peculiar source of energy on a dairy farm about an hour north of the Twin Cities. The energy is derived from methane gas produced by the manure of the 800-plus ...

Chemicals—from antibiotics used to keep livestock healthy to pesticides that shield crops from insects and other pests—play an important role in modern agriculture. However, many of these substances ...

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 ...

Cow manure may soon help tackle pollution, greenhouse gases, and waste management issues—all while producing a versatile, eco-friendly manufacturing material. Researchers at UCL Mechanical Engineering ...

Government subsidies helped dairy farmers generate electricity from cow manure, but the novelty is wearing off as utilities pay next to nothing to put it on the grid. This story is the first of three ...

A cattle feedlot in northeast Iowa likely polluted a creek for years during heavy rainfall, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The feedlot near Elma, owned by Curtis Fox, has about ...

Dominion Energy Inc. has struck a $200 million pact with a renewable energy producer and the Dairy Farmers of America Inc. to extract natural gas from cow manure. The arrangement calls for the utility ...