At barn No. 5 at the Larson Dairy farm just north of Lake Okeechobee, a line of cows pump out milk bound for grocery stores shelves and family refrigerators across Florida. Being cows, they are also ...

Researchers in Germany recently demonstrated that cattle can be toilet trained to reduce some of their climate impact. By having the young cows pee in latrines made of turf, the team of experts in ...

Jan Henderson grew up in a farming household. “My grandfather was a dairy farmer in Western New York. My dad was a dairy farmer in Western New York. We moved to Florida and relocated our dairy farm in ...

As California seeks to lead the nation on battling climate change, perhaps no debate is more fraught than the one over climate credits for cow poop. More than a decade ago, California helped spark a ...

A particularly impressive red alga has already shown great promise in dramatically reducing the alarming levels of methane gas produced by a cow's enteric digestive system. Now, a team of scientists ...

It has already proven its worth as a fertilizer and building material, and even as a secret ingredient in Ancient Egyptian ceramics. As it turns out, cow dung—yes, that stinky excrement that also ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FENNVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — A venture in ...

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 ...

California weighs ending climate credits for cow poop The California Air Resources Board is planning to overhaul its fuel standard. Holstein cows at the Airoso Dairy near Pixley. The farm is one of ...