Some electric farm vehicles of the future could be powered less by plugs and more by animal waste. A team of Michigan State University researchers is studying ways to generate renewable energy from dairy farm waste to charge electric vehicles (EVs).

The deadline for Michigan egg producers to switch to cage-free production is fast approaching, with producers required to make the switch by the end of 2024, and the struggle for producers now is to keep up with expanding demand under a cage-free system.