its pooper-power, coming to a town near you!

"Each Holstein on Dennis Haubenschild's dairy farm chomps down 90 pounds of feed, yields eight gallons of milk, and produces 220 pounds of manure (including the shredded newspaper bedding) - daily. It's a pretty standard operation in the dairy industry.

"But his 750 cows are also in another business with a different product line: Every one of the half-ton beasts generates 4 kilowatt hours of electricity a day.

Locals call it "cow power," and it keeps the lights burning and supper warm in 75 rural Minnesota homes north of Minneapolis.