Dakota Valley Growers (DVG), a sixth-generation family farm owned and operated by Russell and Holly Edgar in Bathgate, N.D., is partnering with Bion Environmental Technologies, a manure treatment technology firm, to expand and diversify DVG’s farming operations to produce sustainable beef and create new domestically-produced fertilizer products for North Dakota farmers.
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