Environmental Land Management Scheme updates

As of the 26th of January 2023, the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has announced some updated information to the Environmental Land Management Scheme (also known as ELMs). DEFRA are expanding their schemes to pay farmers and land managers to provide environmental goods and services alongside food production; and providing one-off grants…

Using organic fertilisers to improve soil health

With the consumer’s increasing awareness of the need for environmentally sustainable practices to conserve natural resources, there is also an interest in green concepts and respect for the ecosystem. Farming and agricultural methods have a significant impact on the food chain and cultivating a healthy soil is crucial for climate change resilience and the preservation…

Digestate Disc injector

Value and necessity of injecting on grass

Commercial digestate which is most commonly used on arable crops can also be utilised on grass leys for multi-cut silage, hay, haylage and grazing ground. FGS Organics have invested in specialist and bespoke machinery and equipment that allows digestate fertiliser to be applied to grass effectively and efficiently. We purchased the Vredo 12m double disc…

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Sulphur Deficiency Nutrient Management

Here is an interesting article from Farmers Weekly about nutrient management for soils. The article highlights that 9 out of 10 soil samples show sulphur deficiency. At FGS Organics we supply and apply products to improve soil health, testing soil prior to organic fertiliser application to ensure correct nutrient levels. Both our digestate biofertiliser and…

DEFRA Slurry Infrastructure Grant

Applications are now open for DEFRA’s Slurry Infrastructure Grant. The purpose of the grant is to help dairy, beef and pig farmers in England invest in future-proofed slurry infrastructure and nutrient management systems. Investing in good slurry management is an important step that farmers can take to protect the environment and reduce pollution risks. The…

Digestate for Oilseed rape growers

We have been very busy during the Autumn period applying digestate for Oilseed rape growers. For one of our Kent customers, we applied 30kg of crop available Nitrogen through digestate via of one of our self-propelled Vredo spreaders equipped with 24 meter trailing shoe to a KWS Campus OSR variety which was drilled post application…

Digestate Application onto Barley

Crop growth following digestate application. Using our self-propelled 24m Vredo with a trailing shoe we applied digestate from a local AD plant into a seed bed prior to spring barley being drilled in late March. You can see from the photos how well the crop has grown and developed throughout the season. No other fertiliser…