Dakota Valley Growers (DVG), a cattle feeder developing a sustainable beef cattle feeding operation near Bathgate, N.D., and Bion Environmental Technologies Inc., a company that works in advanced livestock waste treatment technology and premium sustainable beef, announced that DVG has been awarded a grant from North Dakota's Agricultural Products Utilization Commission to cover certain initial project development costs.
The commission awarded Dakota Valley Growers $128,500 to cover 75% of initial engineering, design, permitting and legal work associated with developing the DVG project. DVG and Bion have now engaged engineering teams that have begun design work to support conditional use permit applications. The applications are expected to be submitted within two months, at which time a public hearing will be scheduled for soon after.