PRINCETON, Minn. -- Dennis and Marsha Haubenschild were always confident their manure digester would produce electricity and reduce odors, but their system has greatly exceeded expectations. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MADISON - New research conducted by environmental groups argues that manure digesters, seen as a solution to pollution from ...

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 ...