Chinese agriculture has long been trapped in a thorny triangle of interlocking problems: farmers apply too much chemical ...

Anaergia, a Canadian-based company, partnered with Japanese firm Toyo Energy Solution to build a biogas plant that digests cow manure into renewable energy in Kasoka, Okayama, Japan. Anaergia is known ...

PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...

Learn how a new method of manufacturing technology could help turn cow manure into one of the most used materials on Earth. It might not sound glamorous, but cow manure could soon be the unlikely hero ...

India's search for improved energy security is taking an unusual turn, and it starts with something the country has in extraordinary abundance: cow poop. Instead of letting livestock waste decompose, ...

PG&E is about to get some of its gas from the manure of tens of thousands of dairy cows in and near Stanislaus County. Aemetis Inc. held a gathering Friday, June 10, at a new plant in Keyes that will ...

DEAR JOHN: Horse manure and cow manure are similar in nitrogen content when fresh, but when dried, or “aged,” horse manure is richer, so the first thing to consider when deciding between them is the ...

Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet-warming gas, which over a shorter period is much more powerful than carbon dioxide. In recent decades, digesters that convert manure and other organic waste ...