The Agriculture Department’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service has announced it will extend its pause on loan guarantees for ...

The USDA manure digester loan pause affects many farms. Discover the implications of the extended loan moratorium on projects ...

STOCKTON — Powering an anaerobic digester is like feeding a cow with a million-gallon stomach. Into the tank goes a massive amount of manure, culled potatoes, distillers grain, wet corn gluten and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. I was a member of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources committee that was writing draft regulations ...

Digesters are slashing dairy methane emissions but new research finds even occasional leaks can erase much of the climate benefit, raising questions about oversight and maintenance.

A new study shows that systems designed to capture methane from cow manure, called dairy digesters, are highly effective. But ...

PIXLEY, Calif. (AP) — The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California's farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at ...

Nirova LLC provides real-time data and analytics to operators and owners of anaerobic digesters to improve operational stability, maximize energy production and drive return on investment.

While dairy digesters have been found to be effective, the study found that when they leak, the digesters release such a large amount of methane into the atmosphere that they offset their climate ...

Maas Energy Works dairy digester at Legacy Ranch in Pixley, Calif. First of a two-part series on renewable natural gas in the agricultural sector. Renewable natural gas, or methane from non-fossil ...

The stench of cow feces, urine and ammonia forces residents to keep windows and doors closed in parts of California’s farming country. Some people constantly run air purifiers at home to counter the ...