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Bryan Tomm Carmi, IL 8/4/17 1 Hypoxia The Hypoxia Zone in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest dead zones in the world Large seasonal impacts on marine life and fishing industry Nitrate runoff from farmland in the Mississippi River

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Bryan Tomm Carmi, IL

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Hypoxia

The Hypoxia Zone in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest dead zones in the world – Large seasonal impacts on marine life and fishing industry – Nitrate runoff from farmland in the Mississippi River watershed is considered large contributor to this problem – EPA currently considering regulation to control fertilizers

  • n farm inputs

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Corn Acreage

  • 2016 US harvested approximately 86.8 million acres of

corn – World corn acreage harvested in 2016 > 350 million acres – Every acre of corn benefits from nitrogen fertilizer – Every acre of nitrogen fertilizer application needs to be managed for economic & environmental

  • pportunities

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What is Stable’N

  • An alternative nitrification inhibitor

– Uses electricity to treat the soil – Easy retrofit to existing equipment – Very inexpensive when compared to chemical inhibitors

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8/4/17 CONFIDENTIAL 5

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“Stabilizing” Fertilizer

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Chemical Inhibitors

  • Ammonia Monooxygenase (AMO) Inhibitors
  • Dicyandiamide (DCD) (Guardian, Agrotain), Nitrapyrin (Instinct, N-

serve)

  • Mechanistic Inhibitors
  • Sulfur & acetylenic compounds (ammonium thiosulfate)
  • N-heterocyclic Compounds
  • Nitrapyrin
  • Encapsulated Compounds
  • Slow release agents, time delayed coatings
  • Urease inhibitors

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Why Stable’N

  • Stable’N system is much more economical to
  • perate when compared to chemically derived

nitrification inhibitors

– Requires approximately 1 hp per row to operate, which translates to approximately $0.01 / row / acre – Cost of solution is approximately $500.00 per row for materials, which is about $0.60 / acre on an average farm – Performs competitively against chemical inhibitors in lab based trials – Outperforming chemical inhibitors in 2017 field studies

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Electric Impulse Nitrogen Stabilizer

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Double Coulter Zone Treatment

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Microbial Representation

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Double Coulter Zone Treatment

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Electric Field Generated in Soil Profile Effective Treatment Zone

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Stable’N – How it Works

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Progress

  • Current Finalist in Tulane Nitrogen Reduction

Challenge

– $1M dollar prize for team that demonstrates best solution

  • Field trials in progress for 2017

– 5 side by side field trials underway this year

  • Functional prototypes for 2 different fertilizer applicators
  • Provisional Patent issued on technology
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Return on Investment

  • Return On Investment, Corn Example: Assumptions - Corn

Price is $3.50 per bushel, electric impulse nitrogen stabilization will provide an average of 6 bushels per acre yield increase, cost of

  • peration is $0.60 per acre ==> (6*$3.50) - $0.60 = $20.40 per acre
  • Minimum Performance required for positive Return On

Investment, Corn Example: Assumptions - cost of operation is $0.60 per acre, Corn Price is $3.50 per bushel ==> $0.60 / $3.50 =

0.171 bushels per acre gain required to provide a positive ROI

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Soil Nitrate Levels (Field Trials)

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100 200 300 400 500 600 0-6 6-12 12-24

2 Weeks after application

N Zone Control Stable N Instinct Agrotain Ultra 20 40 60 80 0-6 6-12 12-24

3 Weeks after application

N Zone Control Stable N Instinct Agrotain Ultra

ppm Nitrate - N

10 20 30 40 50 0-6 6-12 12-24

4 weeks after application

N Zone Control Stable N Instinct Agrotain Ultra

ppm Nitrate - N

20 40 60 80 100 0-6 6-12 12-24

5 weeks after application

N Zone Control Stable N Instinct Agrotain Ultra

ppm Nitrate - N ppm Nitrate - N

Soil depth Soil depth Soil depth Soil depth

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Tissue Nitrogen Tests (Field Trials)

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Tissue Nitrogen Tests (Field Trials)

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3.55% 3.60% 3.65% 3.70% 3.75% 3.80% 3.85% 3.90% 3.95% 4.00% 4.05%

Tissue Test Results, VT Stage

N Zone Control Stable N Instinct Agrotain Ultra Nutrisphere

+6.7%

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Solvita Microbial Activity Test

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Treated, 9.2 Untreated, 43.9 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Co2-C Emmisions lbs/acre/day

Solvita Microbial Activity

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Team Stable’N

  • Bryan Tomm

– Founder / Inventor – B.S. Mechanical Engineering – Farmer & Engineering Consultant

  • JR Hubele

– B.S. Agricultural Engineering – Farmer (Partner in Hubele-Tomm Farm LLC)

  • John Hubele

– B.S. Agricultural Engineering – Farmer & Computer Programming Consultant

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Thank you!

  • Questions?
  • Contact Info

– Bryan Tomm

  • BT Industrial LLC
  • Bryan.Tomm@BTIndustrial.org
  • 309-267-0628

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