AgTech LLC

Company statement dated September 25, 2026, supplied by AgTech. It records the company’s position on the September 10 State Land Department action and its stated basis for a formal challenge.

Company-authored history names Kenny Evans and gives 1976 as the operation’s beginning.

City Council action listed as passed on September 2, 2026, for an AgTech biosolids removal and disposal award.

Official announcement dated September 10, 2026. It reports one default and four nonrenewals.

September 10, 2026 reporting includes the company’s response and stated intention to challenge the action.

This page documents an unresolved claim or research lead. It is not a finding of fact. UNRESOLVED. SECONDARY SOURCE ONLY. This is a cleaned catalog description of an internal research compilation, not independent corroboration of its contents. Authorship and issuing authority are not independently authenticated. The raw research PDF remains private.

ADEQ's Air Quality Field Inspection Report 492518 identifies an April 9, 2026 inspection. Page 2 records substantial fly activity and manure odors at field P during biosolids handling, with different observations at other locations. The report's no-violation conclusion concerns the evaluated agricultural air rules. It does not identify the breeding source of the observed flies or establish compliance under all environmental programs.

The Council action is listed as passed September 2, 2026. It records an estimated annual award, not money already paid.

The September 10, 2026 release describes one default and four nonrenewals. The underlying lease instruments and later procedural developments require separate review.

Gallagher & Kennedy’s September 17 page states that AgTech had retained the firm, which was reviewing the lease terminations and considering appropriate legal action. This records the position reported through counsel on September 17; it does not state that a formal written challenge had been filed or establish any ruling or relief.

A September 24, 2026 letter by AgTech attorney Stuart S. Kimball to State Land Commissioner Robyn Sahid, titled “Notice of Exercise of Right to Cure,” disputes the department’s September 10 lease action. It invokes notice-and-cure procedures and asks for a public clarification that no lease cancellation decisions have occurred or are authorized at that time. The letter says a separate appeal is forthcoming. The State described one lease as in default and four as nonrenewals. A copy of the letter is public, but delivery, agency receipt, a filed appeal, an ASLD response, and relief have not been established.

AgTech’s company history names Kenny Evans as its founder in 1976. This reference is limited to that company account; it does not identify him with another person of the same name or establish a legal succession chain.

A source-first guide to Yuma’s biosolids debate: State Land leases, AgTech’s reported formal challenge, the City contract, fly research, PFAS questions and the records still needed.