Stovall and Bion plan to construct a 15,000-head-capacity facility at Stovall’s Yellowstone Cattle Feeders in Shepherd, Mont.

Bion’s Ammonia Recovery System is set to recover ammonia in livestock waste streams.

Final economic and energy-efficiency models will be validated during the final design process, which should be completed in the first quarter of 2024.

Bion has been able to operate the system at 'steady state' for planned short run-times, producing purified, concentrated ammonium bicarbonate base liquid distillate from manure digestate.

The grant covers 75% of initial engineering, design, permitting and legal work associated with developing the DVG project.

The cattle will produce approximately 4,000 tons of sustainably produced nitrogen fertilizer annually, enough to fertilize over 11,000 acres of North Dakota corn.

The demonstration and optimization system at Fair Oaks is at commercial scale, designed to treat and recover the ammonia from the waste load from approximately 1,500 cattle.

As a board member, Salvatore Zizza brings decades of experience in institutional finance, commerce and public company practices.

Bill Rupp brings 37 years of experience.

The companies will work together over the next two to three months to determine how to best leverage their individual strengths.