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National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade Show

Good news for cows, bad news for cattlemen: The average American ate 1.7 pounds less beef in 2009 than the year before. (That's still 61 pounds per person, roughly the weight of a newborn calf.) Rising feed costs (hello, ethanol!), ...READ»

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A German Town Embraces Manure Energy

Lünen, Germany is about to get a whole lot smellier now that it's set to become the world's first town to be powered by animal waste. The town will use biogas from cow and horse manure to power a biogas plant, that will produce ...READ»