The California dairy industry is proud to be a leader in efforts to make the dairy industry a more sustainable business. Capturing methane gas that is released from cow manure and then turning the methane into energy and power to fuel a dairy's own operations is one of the many methods being researched in an effort to reduce the industry's greenhouse gas emissions. California is one of the leaders in conducting research on this subject and the University of California, Davis is one of five nationwide test sites for a new Purdue University study that will look at the gas that comes from both the cow and the manure. As a part of the study, data on gas concentrations will be monitored by the minute and collected through January 31, 2010. With an active role in the Purdue University study, the California dairy industry is hopeful for the new findings that will potentially increase the productivity of this revolutionary cow power technology. The dairy industry is proactively working toward an even more rigorous 25 percent greenhouse gas emission reduction by 2020 and research such as this continues to move the industry closer to that goal.