Sedalia, Mo. — BioStar Systems, a waste-to-energy company headquartered in Leawood, Kan., announced on May 28 that Missouri’s Pettis County will be the home of a new $60 million biogas production facility that will convert chicken manure from nearby poultry producer Rose Acres Farms into biogas and organic fertilizer. The plant’s construction, which is slated to begin this fall, will create 80-100 jobs, with 23 permanent jobs added when the plant begins production in late 2015. BioStar made the announcement in Sedalia, Mo., and was joined by officials with the Missouri Department of Economic Development (MDED). Dennis Crabtree, BioStar’s chief technical officer, said the “huge amount of manure” generated by Rose Acres will be piped directly to the facility, where it will go through a series of conventional wastewater treatment technologies to generate electricity and capture residual nutrients for the production of a pathogen free dry granular fertilizer, a soil conditioner, and a liquid fertilizer. These products will be transported to distribution points by both rail and trucks. MDED has offered BioStar an incentives package that could total $1.5 million if the company meets criteria for job creation and investment.
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