Buying equipment and producing more manure will allow Harden to get his product onto major retail shelves such as Atwoods or Home Depot. He will find out if he wins when the winners are announced ...

In recent decades, digesters that convert cow manure and other organic waste into biomethane to create electricity or to fuel vehicles have spread nationally, and the number is expected to grow.

Ray Brewer, 66, duped investors out of nearly $9 million claiming he could turn cow manure into green energy. He was sentenced to over six years in federal prison for the Ponzi scheme.

A University of Florida scientist creates a system to deodorize cow manure, and neighbors of the UF Dairy Unit no longer have to deal with a stench in the wind.

Mr. Brewer, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges in February, spent the money on a 3,700-square-foot custom home in California, a 12-acre plot of land in Montana and new Dodge Ram pickup trucks ...

Andrew Zipser checks operations at an Aemetis biogas facility in Ceres, Calif., on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Local dairies use digesters to capture methane from cow manure which is then piped to the ...

Cows stand in a corral at a Pixley, Calif., dairy farm on Monday, May 20, 2024. In recent decades, digesters that convert cow manure and other organic waste into biogas to create electricity or to ...

The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. "We have a lot of health problems going around in this ...

The farm uses a diary digester to capture methane from cow manure which generates energy in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (Noah Berger/AP Photo) Dairy and digester capital. Home to ...