Manure Into Money: The Magic of Entrepreneurial Thinking
by Robert McGarvey
Every day a dairy cow makes a mountain of manure. An average cow excretes a staggering 120 pounds of feces and urine daily, and that means odors, which leads to complaints. Then there are complaints about the methane emissions associated with cow manure. The average cow produces 250 to 500 liters of methane a day. And experts say cutting methane is a key in today’s climate fight.
Dairy cow manure — and know there are over 9 million dairy cows in the US — is a problem, except maybe it isn’t.
Just maybe it is a source of real profits for entrepreneurial dairy farmers who are finding ways to transform manure into money in their pockets while also solving genuine consumer problems in their communities.