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 watershed is considered large contributor to this problem – EPA currently considering regulation to control fertilizers on farm inputs 2
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 opportunities 3
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 4
8/4/17 CONFIDENTIAL 5
“Stabilizing” Fertilizer 6
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 7
Why Stable’N • Stable’N system is much more economical to operate 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 8
Electric Impulse Nitrogen Stabilizer 9
Double Coulter Zone Treatment Microbial Representation 10
Double Coulter Zone Treatment Electric Field Generated in Soil Profile Effective Treatment Zone 11
Stable’N – How it Works 12
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
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 operation 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 14
Soil Nitrate Levels (Field Trials) 2 Weeks after application 3 Weeks after application ppm Nitrate - N ppm Nitrate - N 600 80 N Zone N Zone 500 60 Control 400 Control 40 300 Stable N Stable N 20 200 Instinct Instinct 100 0 Agrotain Ultra 0 0-6 6-12 12-24 Agrotain Ultra 0-6 6-12 12-24 Soil depth Soil depth 5 weeks after application 4 weeks after application ppm Nitrate - N ppm Nitrate - N 100 50 N Zone N Zone 80 40 Control Control 60 30 Stable N Stable N 20 40 10 Instinct 20 Instinct 0 0 Agrotain Ultra Agrotain Ultra 0-6 6-12 12-24 0-6 6-12 12-24 15 Soil depth Soil depth
Tissue Nitrogen Tests (Field Trials) 8/4/17 CONFIDENTIAL 16
Tissue Nitrogen Tests (Field Trials) Tissue Test Results, VT Stage 4.05% 4.00% 3.95% +6.7% N Zone 3.90% Control 3.85% Stable N 3.80% Instinct 3.75% Agrotain Ultra 3.70% Nutrisphere 3.65% 3.60% 3.55% 17
Solvita Microbial Activity Test Solvita Microbial Activity 50 Untreated, 43.9 45 40 35 lbs/acre/day 30 25 20 15 Treated, 9.2 10 5 0 Co2-C Emmisions 18
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 19
Thank you! • Questions? • Contact Info – Bryan Tomm • BT Industrial LLC StableN.com • Bryan.Tomm@BTIndustrial.org info@stablen.com • 309-267-0628 20
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