Well, cows spend about eight hours of their day doing exactly that, thereby assisting their microbial community to process the raw plant food. A cow is therefore a natural example of consolidated ...

“Anaerobic digestion is a process through which bacteria break down organic matter, such as manure or food waste or wastewater biosolids in the absence of oxygen,” Elger said. Homestead Dairy ...

Animals produce methane during the digestion process - some more than others. Currently, around 20 percent of the world's methane emissions stem from ruminants. If this gas is released into the ...

How a new process can turn cow waste into usable gas 01:39. Seven-year-old James Hoare is the future of his family farm in England, and one of his jobs is shoveling the farm's future ...