Biolink further explains why burning stubble is wasting a most valuable asset when it can used to build carbon in the soil and boost nutrient-holding capacities
It’s no secret that much of our soil is tired. Chemical fertilisers, pesticides, pollution, erosion, and intensive agriculture have stretched once healthy soils to the limit.
To help restore the natural abundance and sustainability of soil, we now know that increasing microbial activity can be transformative.
Biolink is an Australian owned company committed to supporting broadacre growers to achieve more sustainable and profitable crops.
Their microbial-based range of natural fertilisers, soil stimulants, and animal probiotics are helping to restore soils and grow healthier plants and animals.
The other big advantage of using the Biolink range is that growers can reduce costly fertiliser input levels. Not only does this makes the best use of their investment, but they also get the benefits that come from reintroducing soil biology into the system.
Many ways Biolink products are helping farmers
Biolink has been working successfully with broadacre farm operations for some time and those techniques have also been applied to market garden operations, right through to private gardens where homeowners are interested in growing their own produce and maybe selling some on the side as well.
In addition, Biolink animal products have been adopted by livestock producers to achieve more optimum health. By combining the Biolink supplement mix of humic fulvic acids, activated zeolite, and a selection of microbes it has been shown to works wonders in supplementing inadequate diets, and supporting overall animal wellbeing.
Take a look at the following guide to Biolink product lines and see how their proven methods can help your own farm operation.
Biolink Ignition restores soil health for more sustainable farming
Biolink Ignition speeds up the composting process. The normal process of composting takes around 3 to 6 months.
With its blend of microbes and microbial stimulants, Ignition helps break down and re-incorporate rich organic material back into the soil in just over three weeks.
Not only does this help increase the soil’s nutrient and water holding ability, but it’s also effective in suppressing disease-causing organisms and pathogens. Plus, it makes good use of all that excess material on the farm that can turned into compost.
Biolink Bio-Hum reduces loss of essential nutrients on farms
Combined with conventional fertilisers, Biolink Bio-Hum helps maintain nutrients, boosts uptake and reduces losses of essential nutrients needed for your plants to thrive. It’s a 100% pelletised probiotic fertiliser additive containing a powdered blend of humic fulvic to stimulate plant growth and soil health on your farm operation.
By increasing the carbon and moisture-holding capacity in soils, using Bio-Hum increases the sustainability and growing season of crops and pastures. This has also been shown to help farmers mitigate against drought.
Plus, Bio-Hum has no animal inputs. This means there’s no withhold period needed, so it’s also safer and healthier for livestock.
Biolink Prepare transforms stubble into a valuable resource for crops
Stubble-burning is a common practice for many local growers. But according to the team at Biolink, why burn stubble when you can use it to build carbon in the soil and boost its nutrient-holding capacity.
Biolink’s Prepare breaks down the organic matter in your crop stubble helping to enrich the soil by increasing microorganism activity.
Not only does it boost nitrogen and carbon, making nutrients more available for your next round of crops, Prepare also helps prevent erosion and slows down moisture loss due to evaporation.
As a bonus, using Prepare on your crop stubble rather than burning it avoids the release of particulate and gaseous pollutants. These need to be eliminated as they have serious effects on human health and the environment.
Opti-Gut nurtures the health and wellbeing of livestock
The role of probiotics for both animal and human health has been extensively studied all around the world. The idea of ‘food as medicine’ is as old as humankind.
But not all probiotic supplements are the same.
Biolink’s latest product is Opti-Gut, a natural daily probiotic supplement to support your animals’ digestion and overall health.
Just like the company’s range of natural fertilisers and microbial soil stimulants, Opti-Gut’s formula is based on powerful, biological stimuli that are effective, safe to use, and good for the environment.
Opti-Gut offers a unique combination of three main ingredients for optimum animal health – humic fulvic acids, activated zeolite, and a selection of microbes. Combined with their food, it works wonders by building a healthy biome, supplementing inadequate diets, and supporting overall animal wellbeing.
Opti-Gut is suitable for all types of animals including cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, fish, and dogs.
Market and home gardeners have a Biolink connection
While market gardeners growing organic produce are well aware of the organic Biolink product lines, that interest is increasingly turning to homeowners that are interested in sustainability and the benefits of growing their own food.
Many homeowners that have taken on the Biolink product lines have found growing their own fruit and veggies satisfying, and how it also takes some of the pressure off the weekly food budget.
Biolink’s organic garden range – Sprinkle and Soak, Germinator and Biolink Brew fertiliser tea bags – are ideal for organic gardeners.
Like all the Biolink products, they revive the soil through biologicals, creating the perfect environment for vegetables, fruit trees and ornamentals plants to grow.
Biolink difference from other microbial-based products
There is a difference with the Biolink product range that needs to be explained, according to Biolink co-owner Kevin Beecroft, “Based on research both here and overseas, we’ve blended six microbial groups that researchers, farmers in the field and market gardeners have found to boost microbial activity in the soil and plant growth.
“The benefits are not just the high number of microbials in our products. It’s the combination and the interactions these have in the soil that makes the difference,” Kevin added.
The six powerful live microbial groups in Biolink organic fertiliser and soil stimulants are: Enterococcus Faecalis, Lactobacillus Group, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Aspergillus Group, Bacillus Subtilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The Biolink range also uses the power of humic fulvic acid, a key ingredient used to boost the bioavailability of organic nitrogen and reduce the use of synthetic fertilisers.
To find more information about restoring the health of your soil and the wellbeing of all the animals under your care, take a look at: www.biolink4plants.com.au for a first-hand insight into how any crop or plant growth can be improved.
