Making floors for homes from the waste product gains credibility with researchers. Omar Faruk, a post-doctoral assistant at Michigan State University, holds dried manure, left, that is processed into ...

DETROIT – Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. That’s no cow pie-in-the-sky dream, according to researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S.

DETROIT (AP) -- Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. That's no cow pie-in-the-sky dream, according to researchers at Michigan State University and the ...

October 22, 2025 – Bedding choice is a crucial factor in both cow comfort and udder health, and dairy farms in the Midwest are increasingly turning to recycled manure solids (RMS) as a cost-effective ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. — Pollution stinks. So does cow manure. And Dane County officials say that unprocessed manure leads to pollution in local lakes. Between January and March, over half of the phosphorus ...

University of Minnesota Prof. Roger Ruan said manure digesters have long been used in the sustainability-conscious European Union. Rather than applying cow manure onto fields, dairy farmers can use ...

Cow power — manure — seen as part of climate change strategy Capturing methane from manure can reduce pollution and save energy, but technology can be tricky and too expensive to make money.