Farmers in Skåne are fond of recycled fertilizers. This is evident in the growing demand for both sewage sludge and biofertilizer.
When Philip Malmnäs sums up this year’s season, he notes that farmers had expected better harvests, but conditions this fall have been optimal, and the fall crops are looking really good.
In Skåne, too, this year’s growing season has been worse than farmers expected.
–“Theydidn’t get the harvest they expected, so many were a little disappointed when threshing began, but now most are reasonably satisfied,” says Philip Malmnäs, account manager in Alnarp.
During the spring, when the rapeseed was blooming, it was both cold and windy, but the fall has been favorable.
– The fields have been drivable, and the farmers were able to get everything done on time. The fall crops are looking really good.
Larger volumes of higher-quality biofertilizer
We handle approximately 120,000 metric tons of both liquid and solid fractions from Jordberga each year.
This year’s sales of biofertilizer have been strong, and our biofertilizer customers in Skåne are positive about the fertilizer and understand the entire supply chain.
– Farmers who have used biofertilizer are happy to use it again. We’ve gained many new customers during the season, and demand is strong.
Philip explains that the NPK values of the biofertilizer from Jordberga have increased during the summer and late summer.
– The quality of the raw materials has improved.
Slam is growing in popularity
Just like in Östergötland, there is high demand for sludge among farmers.
– We distribute a lot of sludge, and the entire volume approved for spreading on farmland has already been reserved.
Now that the season for spreading sludge and biogas fertilizer is over, Philip and his colleagues are working on plans for storing biogas fertilizer in wells during the winter.
– “This was my first season at Biototal. It’s gone really well, and we’ve spread a lot of fertilizer this spring and summer,” Philip concludes.