With 6,000 dairy cows, 5,000 beef cattle and thousands of tons of apples, potatoes and cherries produced annually, Royal Dairy in Royal City, Washington, uses hundreds of millions of gallons of water ...

As two important greenhouse gases, about 20% and 62% of global carbon dioxide (CO 2) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions originate from the soil, especially agricultural and forest soils. Therefore, ...

The overuse of fossil fuels has led to pollution that has become a globally recognized environmental problem. Therefore, adjusting the energy structure and gradually reducing the use of traditional ...

Manure from cows and pigs is a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the United States — over 1% of the country's total emissions. The vast majority (about 80%) of these emissions ...

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 ...

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 ...