Keith Kontor and his team know how to produce high-quality biosolids. Dave Varner knows how to explain the product’s benefits to farmers. Together they have built a highly successful biosolids land application program around Fremont, Neb.
The program supplies both Class B dewatered biosolids and a Class A composted product to corn and soybean growers within about 30 miles of Fremont in Dodge County. The materials are applied at agronomic rates on about 450 to 500 acres per year.
In his 11 years with Fremont, Kontor has worked hard to improve both farmers’ and neighbors’ perceptions of biosolids. He gives considerable credit
