BROKEN BOW, Neb.— The start of construction on an agricultural renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Adams Land & Cattle feedlot in Broken Bow has been announced. Neogenyx Fuels, who will own the facility, made the announcement via press release.
The facility is the second half of a project originally announced in November of 2024 that started with a roller compacted concrete project in the pens on the lot.
The facility will capture and process manure through anaerobic digestion to produce biogas, which will be upgraded to pipeline-quality RNG. That RNG will be used as a low carbon transportation fuel in addition to other energy applications. Byproducts from the process, including solids and liquids, will be reused onsite as livestock bedding and agricultural fertilizer.
Eight anaerobic digestors will generate more than 4,400 standard cubic feet per minute of biogas, which will be upgraded into approximately 1.2 million MMBtu/year of pipeline-quality renewable natural gas and injected into the local natural gas system. The result will be an avoidance of nearly 64,000 metric tons of CO₂ annually (equal to carbon sequestered by almost 64,000 acres of US Forest for one year).
“This project represents a milestone in the industry and an exciting chapter for Neogenyx Fuels. The Adams feedlot RNG facility is a beacon, showcasing how advanced biofuels can provide tremendous investments in rural communities, create job growth, and position agriculture as the next major domestic export engine,” said Michael Bakas, CEO of Neogenyx Fuels.
“We’re proud to work alongside Neogenyx Fuels on a project that demonstrates how agricultural operations can play a meaningful role in advancing clean energy,” said Abram Babcock, CEO at Adams Land & Cattle, LLC. “This facility allows us to build on our day‑to‑day operations while delivering environmental and economic benefits close to home.”
The addition of the project in Broken Bow brings non-electric projects for Neogenyx Fuels to a level over 13.2 million MMBtu per year of capacity. The company expressed in the release that they see the collaboration with Adams Land & Cattle as a way to show that partnerships rooted locally can generate long term environmental, economic, and community benefits while supporting a more resilient and sustainable energy future.
