OTTERTAIL, Minn. — A University of Minnesota study comparing compost barns to other livestock housing supports claims that cows in compost barns have greater longevity. Margot Rudstrom, University of ...

John and Annelies Seffrood gave a virtual tour of their three straw-bedded compost barns Wednesday afternoon here at World Dairy Expo. The Seffroods, who milk 1,200 cows near Summit, S.D. use the ...

OTTERTAIL, Minn. -- Compost barns are generating interest among Minnesota's dairy producers, especially those who want to upgrade milking facilities. Compost bedded pack barn designs were featured at ...

Adding even a small amount of biochar—a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter—to a dairy's manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced ...