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March 30, 2022

Solvent-treated oilcakes must be included in the EU Fertilising Products Regulation to achieve its policy goals – especially because they are already allowed for use in food, feed, and organic farming!

Oilcakes – the nitrogen-rich pressed plant materials left after oils are extracted – have long been valuable raw materials for producing animal feed and organic fertilisers. However, these oilcakes – a by-product of the food industry but also other sectors such as the production of botanical cosmetics...
March 16, 2022

In a loss for the Circular Economy, Fertilising Products containing animal by-products are frustrated from entering the Single Market under the Fertilising Products Regulation (FPR)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 (The Fertilising Products Regulation—FPR) foresees the use of animal by-products as components in EU Fertilising Products. However, before that can happen, relevant end points have to be defined under the Animal By-Products regulation [Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009].
March 9, 2022

EBIC and ECOFI urge the inclusion of data on all fertilising products in the Regulation on Statistics on Agricultural Input and Output (SAIO) in line with Europe’s Green Deal targets

To fulfil the objectives of the European Green Deal; agricultural statistics must capture use data on the full range of fertilising products covered by the Fertilising Products Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2019/1009], including plant biostimulants and organic-based fertilisers. European farmers routinely use these products...
February 11, 2022

Plant nutrition & soil fertility: Key to delivering Europe’s Green Deal objectives

To fulfil the objectives of the European Green Deal; agricultural statistics must capture use data on the full range of fertilising products covered by the Fertilising Products Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2019/1009], including plant biostimulants and organic-based fertilisers. European farmers routinely use these products...
February 4, 2022

New ECOFI leadership ramps up ambitions for organic-based fertilisers, key to delivering on the European Green Deal

If you are interested in watching the recording of our E-Coffee with ECOFI: organic-based fertiliser and soil health, you can find it here. On the 12th of December, ECOFI hosted our first E-Coffee with ECOFI, the first in our new webinar series where we invite people to grab a coffee...
December 7, 2021

Oilseed cakesand meals: ensuring equivalent treatment for all oilseed cakes and meals under the EU Fertilising Products Regulation

When vegetable oils are extracted from oilseeds, they leave behind cakes or meals that are used to produce food, feed and fertilising products. Oilseeds cakes/meals are a valuable source of organic nitrogen and carbon for organic-based fertilizers, contain other nutrients and may be used for their functional...
July 30, 2021

Joint Statement by FERTILIZERS EUROPE, IVA, EBIC and ECOFI: Urgent need for conformity assessment bodies for fertilising products

The new Fertilising Products Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 (FPR[1]) is set to apply from 16 July 2022 and requires third party certification for many products covered by this regulation. Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) is required so that fertilising and...
April 23, 2020

COVID-19 impacts on the organic-based fertiliser industry

Organic-based fertilisers are essential for your food supply Because agriculture is seasonal, supply disruptions now could have detrimental effects on […]
March 27, 2020

Market outlook for organic-based fertilisers

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