Everyone poops, cows included. (You remember that children’s book, right?) Cow manure is used as fertilizer on commercial farms and in backyard gardens, but did you know it could spread antibiotic ...

Composting beef cattle manure, even with minimal management, can significantly reduce the concentrations of antibiotics in the manure, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) pilot study.

Composting is an intimidating and rather off-putting task that must be done if we want to survive and live sustainably. We need to be responsible and understand that soil is one of the most important ...

Contrary to popular belief, some disease causing bacteria may actually survive the composting process. Researchers report that campylobacter bacteria in cattle manure can survive composting and ...

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Cow manure has turned one northern Michigan business into a multi-million dollar operation. "It's not as simple as just throwing crap in a bag," Brad Morgan, Morgan's Composting CEO and President, ...

New Mexico State University scientists say they have a new, although stinky, way to develop energy.Scientists from the school have developed a machine called the Digester that they claim can turn the ...