Cows

Storms that flooded Missouri also brought a blizzard to Texas and New Mexico

Belching cattle are a larger source of methane gas emissions than natural gas drilling.

It's been tried before, but a new generation of companies is hoping that manure will become the next solar.

Many dairy farmers culled their herds because of high feed prices caused by the drought, reducing the supply of milk. Price increases will flow through many food products beyond a carton of milk.

The Midwest drought has withered the nation's corn crop and pushed prices up. Now, the market for alternative feed for cattle is skyrocketing -- sending farmers scrambling for cheaper alternatives, like gummy worms and ice cream sprinkles.

Substitutes for expensive corn feed range from the unprocessed -- straw and cottonseed hulls -- to a teenager's diet -- ice cream, chocolate and gummy worms.