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 ...

Technician Blake Iske looks out over farmland adjacent to the Marshall Ridge Renewable Energy Center in State Center on Sept. 18. The facility’s three anaerobic manure digesters extract methane from ...

Government subsidies helped dairy farmers generate electricity from cow manure, but the novelty is wearing off as utilities pay next to nothing to put it on the grid. This story is the first of three ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — One central Ohio community is coming out against a big project. They say people have pulled out of buying houses in the area and others may consider leaving if the project ...

Finding what works best for you in applying manure into your fields takes testing and experimenting, according to University of Minnesota Extension educator Chryseis Modderman. Surface application of ...

FULTON COUNTY, OHIO, Ohio — As long as humans have grown crops, they’ve used manure to help them flourish. Rich in phosphorus, it’s a natural fertilizer that’s been a staple on farms for generations.

EDON, Ohio — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is stepping into a battle over cattle in Williams County. 11 Investigates has learned that eight properties associated with Schmucker Family Farms ...

Ray Brewer claimed he could turn cow manure into green energy, and he took in millions of dollars from investors hoping to cash in. Federal prosecutors say it was all a bunch of, well, cow dung. The ...

Farm workers are in shock after a man fell into a lagoon of manure and died last week, said local authorities. Gordon Van Baren, 30, was working on maintenance at Windy Ridge Dairy, a farm in Fair ...