{
  "id": 5801819,
  "title": "This Cattle Feedlot Turns Manure Into 1.2 Million MMBtu of Natural Gas a Year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/this-cattle-feedlot-turns-manure-into-1-2-million-mmbtu-of-natural",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-05T17:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Nebraska-Cattle-Feedlot-Turns-Manure-Into-12-Million-MMBtu-of-Natural-Gas-a-Yea.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A groundbreaking project in Broken Bow, Nebraska is transforming cattle manure into a renewable natural gas (RNG) source, which could yield approximately 1.2 million MMBtu of pipeline-quality natural gas annually. This initiative, owned by Neogenyx Fuels, represents a sustainable and eco-friendly energy solution that can support bio-LNG production for international maritime markets while generating private investment, job opportunities, and local economic growth.\n\nProponents of biogas recovery programs, like the EPA, emphasize the benefits of these initiatives, highlighting their potential to diversify income streams for farmers, stimulate rural economies, conserve agricultural land, enhance energy independence, and foster closed-loop agricultural systems. The project in Nebraska also boasts the additional advantages of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, limiting odors and air pollutants, and addressing concerns related to large-scale cattle ranching and feedlot operations.\n\nHowever, critics argue that biodigestion programs could exacerbate environmental issues by promoting the storage of liquid manure, which can contaminate air and water in surrounding communities. Nonetheless, the Nebraska facility anticipates reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 63,700 metric tons annually once fully operational. While biogas projects are generally viewed as beneficial and rated with a carbon intensity value of -250, some environmentalists express concerns about potential negative consequences, such as incentivizing consolidation, herd growth, or manure aggregation.",
  "summary": "A new project is seeking to turn cattle manure into a source of sustainable natural gas for energy production and shipping fuel. The initiative just broke ground in Broken Bow, Nebraska, where eight anaerobic digesters will process waste from the Adams Land & Cattle feedlot into what the project leads are hoping will be a lucrative and eco-friendly source of approximately 1.2 million MMBtu of…",
  "key_points": [
    "Neogenyx Fuels transforms cattle manure into 1.2 million MMBtu of natural gas annually.",
    "Project reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 63,700 metric tons annually.",
    "Initiative supports bio-LNG production for international maritime markets."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}