Five years after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) guaranteed more than $100 million to what’s billed as the “world’s largest manure biogas project”, the loans are in delinquency, which, along ...

TURKEY, N.C.—The Align RNG biogas processing facility here is so small, you would miss it if you weren’t looking for it. Just four small silver mounds beside a massive 100-foot grain silo under which ...

Implementing novel management practices in dairy farming, one of the commonwealth's major agricultural industries, could help alleviate a large source of both nutrient pollution and greenhouse gas ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pausing a loan program aimed at promoting anaerobic digesters — many of which are issued for large-scale farms that turn animal waste into gas — to ...

Biogas is a renewable energy source formed when bacteria break down organic materials such as food waste, plant matter, and landfill waste in an oxygen‑free (anaerobic) process. It contains methane ...

Citing high delinquency rates and other factors, the Agriculture Department has put a 90-day hold on loan guarantees for projects involving biodigesters and controlled environment agriculture, ...

Biogas made from dairy and pig manure has long been an energy source non grata for environmental groups across the country. The fuel is touted by agribusiness, utilities and renewable natural gas ...

Jan. 21 (UPI) --Uruguay will be the site of the world's first electrified biogas‑to‑sustainable aviation fuel commercial plant after Trafigura, one of the world's largest commodity traders, signed a ...

In much of rural Wisconsin, manure is everywhere. It’s in the ground, the drinking water, and the air communities breathe. The state is home to more than 300 concentrated animal-feeding operation s, ...

The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and 42 other environmental organizations (collectively, “BRWA”) submitted a Petition to the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hytone Dairy Farm in Coventry, Connecticut, received an $800,000 Rural Energy for America grant from the U.S. Department of ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars intended to cut energy costs have been funneled to costly manure digesters, benefitting industrial-scale livestock operations. Hundreds of millions of dollars intended ...