Groups that focus on the environment and small farms are praising a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pause ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations.

Let down by electric utilities, farmers bet on natural gas as a more promising way to make a return from cow manure. This story is the second in a three-part series. Read the first and third ...

Thirty-four groups that focus on the environment and small farms are asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop ...

A new petition seeks to end the Rural Energy for America Program’s support for on-farm digesters, which environmental ...

CASA GRANDE — Thousands of gallons of liquid manure sit in the open on 25-foot deep settling ponds at Casa Grande Dairy Co. Farm owner Jim Boyle says he could earn some extra revenue by taking biogas, ...

PLYMOUTH, Ind. — Homestead Dairy Farm is family-owned and operated. Jill and Brian Houin recycle cow manure to help power their hometown with green energy. They’re able to do that with the help of an ...

MADISON - New research conducted by environmental groups argues that manure digesters, seen as a solution to pollution from large-scale livestock farms, do more harm than good because of other ways ...

The last time Vermont’s sole natural gas utility sought to significantly expand its service area, it set off a firestorm. Vermont Gas Systems’ push to build a 41-mile pipeline to Middlebury fueled ...

ST. PAUL -- The House and Senate have provided $660,000 to provide loans to finance manure digester systems. Manure digesters take farm animal waste, trap the methane gas from the manure and convert ...