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…
It’s great to see Arla campaigning for the energy potential of manure and slurry. Britain is currently only making the most out of a quarter of the organic waste produced in this country each year. Anaerobic digestion (AD) has the potential to produce sustainable biomethane at scale with the resultant digestate by-product being used as…
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…
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…
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…
We applied on farm digestate to a dairy farmer’s first cut grass silage earlier this year via our 24m self-propelled Vredo. This crop received its full requirements of NPK plus magnesium and sulphur from one application from the digestate. Not only is the digestate a cost-effective alternative to bagged fertiliser it has improved the soil…
We often talk about the benefits of digestate but did you know there are also a number of benefits of AD plants which is where the digestate is produced? What is an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and how does it work? An anaerobic digestion plant is essentially a concrete cow. Feedstock is required for the…
Thank you to everyone who supported our #CancerResearch cake sale yesterday. Many of our staff baked some delicious treats. Thanks to those who baked and for those who donated to this great charity. We managed to raise a total of £206.38.
Circular Economy/Closed loop solution to food waste. FGS Organics, Countrystyle Recycling Ltd and VeriGreen, three businesses part of the Heathcote Holdings group of companies, provide a complete, closed-loop alternative for food waste. Countrystyle and VeriGreen collect food waste from their customers and take it to a local Kent based AD plant. Here the food waste is transformed to…
We attended the Weald of Kent Ploughing Match at the weekend and what a great day it was. It was a great event with plenty of visitors to the stand. We exhibited alongside our sister companies FGS Agri and FGS Pilcher. It’s great to see a lot of visitors to our stand. It’s been a…