Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves. Researchers hope it could be part of the solution to disposing of the 1.5 trillion to 2 trillion pounds of manure produced annually in the United States.

So far, fiberboard made with digester solids seems to match or beat the quality of wood-based products. One good thing about the manure-based fiber is cost. Farmers who currently pay to dispose of manure could soon be selling it.

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