Sealing manure ponds at a Central Valley farm led to a significant reduction in emissions. A large, balloon-like tarp covers ...

A single cow can also produce up to 100 pounds of methane-infused manure each day. More than half of California’s methane emissions come from cattle, due in part to how farms treat cattle manure.

Dairy farms produce huge amounts of potent greenhouse gases. But now, scientists say these farms can slash their methane ...

The energy is derived from methane gas produced by the manure of the 800-plus dairy cows that inhabit Haubenschild Farms located near Princeton. Richard Huelskamp, a scientist with the University’s ...

Home to about 1.7 million cows, California is the country's leading dairy producer and a large contributor of methane. Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet-warming gas, which over a shorter ...

Home to about 1.7 million cows, California is the country's leading dairy producer and a large contributor of methane. Cow burps and manure emit the potent planet-warming gas, which over a shorter ...

Cows get a bad rep from the environmentalist community, but has their methane gas-producing manure just been misunderstood? A UK-based company is now touting the benefits of cow pies, using a new ...

Both ends of a cow produce methane, but 97% of all the methane gas from a cow is released by belching. A company wants to help them belch less.

While these digesters somewhat address the problem of emissions from animal manure specifically, they don’t address the largest issue of enteric methane –– a natural byproduct of cow ...

Methane, whether it comes from cow burps or their manure, accounts for almost half of French agriculture’s emissions. “On all livestock farms, we have methane which escapes,” Mr Guerin said.

That methane is released through belching and farting, and on average, a single cow can produce about 200 pounds of it per year. The gas is also released by manure, and livestock accounts for about a ...