Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 9—ELLISBURG — A Rochester area company plans to build a $20 million anaerobic digester facility that will turn manure from a ...

Biogas made from dairy and pig manure has long been an energy source non grata for environmental groups across the country.

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

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

OUTLOOK - After years of failing to generate a profit by selling electricity generated from cow manure, Dan DeRuyter of George DeRuyter & Sons dairy in Outlook is ready to give the natural gas market ...

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

Anaerobic digesters capture methane from decomposing livestock manure. Here, pipes direct methane gas from an anaerobic digester for use in powering several electric generators Feb. 1, 2023, at the ...

Novilla RNG constructs manure digesters that have the appearance of grain bins to capture methane. This one is south of Sioux Center in Northwest Iowa. (Courtesy of Novilla RNG) Buy Photo The Gazette ...