Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. and Olson Farms/TD Angus announced a letter of intent to develop a 45,000-head sustainable beef cattle feeding operation near North Platte, NE.
Bion Environmental Technologies Inc., a developer of livestock waste treatment technology, will build three 15,000-head modules, including barns with solar panels, manure collection and conditioning, biogas recovery and upgrading, ammonia capture and production of organic fertilizer products, and clean water recovery.
All processes and performance will be third-party verified, USDA-certified and support a transparent and sustainable-branded premium product. Construction is expected to start in the second half of 2023 and will begin producing beef and coproduct revenues by the end of 2024.
“We are excited to make this Bion project a reality,” Trey Wasserburger, Olson Farms/TD Angus partner, said in a statement. “Until now, beef sustainability has always been a proclamation. We look forward to supplying beef that is truly sustainable, for producers and the environment alike, and that have the pedigree and production history to verify it.”
Olson Farms/TD Angus is a founding member of Sustainable Beef, LLC, a rancher-owned packing plant being built near North Platte, NE.
