Cattleman converts manure into powerful business idea

FORT MORGAN — How I love the smell of electricity in the morning.

Recently a story from Voice of America landed in my inbox, discussing a cattle feeder in Fort Morgan who had begun the process of generating electricity out of the manure produced by the cattle on his feedlot.

The idea interested me, so I gave Gary Teague a call and arranged a time to come visit his “cow-powered” lot. I was imagining a Willy Wonka-esque machine transferring foul-smelling manure into enough electricity to power a small town.

Instead, I found a man who is determined to find a…