ST. PAUL -- Sand bedding is very popular with many dairy producers - until it comes to handling sand-laden manure. Sand is very comfortable for cows to lie on in well designed and managed freestalls.
Let down by electric utilities, farmers bet on natural gas as a more promising way to make a return from cow manure. This story is the second in a three-part series. Read the first and third ...
GOODHUE -- Huneke Dairy is turning waste into bedding. The 250-cow dairy located near Bellechester in southeast Minnesota is recycling its manure and turning it into bedding for the free-stall barn.