2-3T/H Compost Granulating Machine In Netherlands

The ideal behind a piece of equipment: from organic waste to commercial granular fertilizer

This customer runs a mixed farm of about 85 hectares, raising more than 300 dairy sheep and 150 dairy cows, and planting large areas of pasture and some wheat and rapeseed crops. As a typical Dutch family farm operator, he has long faced a common problem: how to harmlessly treat sheep and cow manure, and how to comprehensively utilize waste wool and straw.

The Netherlands has extremely high environmental requirements for agricultural emissions, especially in terms of nitrogen emissions and groundwater protection. The customer originally relied on traditional composting and field spreading systems to deal with manure and straw, but in recent years, due to tightening regulations and land pressure, he began to think about how to turn "burden" into "asset".

After multiple consultations and actual inspections, he introduced this FZLH320 organic fertilizer pellet machine, hoping to press the fermented sheep manure, cow manure, wool and straw mixture into standardized granular compost.

This kind of compost pellets is not only easy to store and transport, but also convenient for precise fertilization. More importantly, it meets the EU standards for the commercialization of organic fertilizers and can be used in markets such as orchards, horticultural farms, and organic planting bases. Its value is much higher than untreated raw manure or loose compost.

Local characteristics of raw materials: fusion of sheep manure, cow manure, wool and straw

Unlike the common single-raw material granular fertilizer, this project uses a composite structure of multiple agricultural by-products, including animal manure, plant residues, and extremely fibrous wool. This combination forms a complementary relationship in physical properties and chemical nutrients.

The raw material combination is as follows:

• Sheep manure (accounting for 40%-45%): dairy sheep produce daily during the shed period, which can be collected and fermented in a centralized manner;
• Cow manure (accounting for 30%-35%): dairy cow manure is rich in nitrogen, which helps to increase the nitrogen content of fertilizers;
• Sheared wool (about 10%): originally waste, it provides a fiber skeleton after being shredded to enhance the adhesion of pellets;
• Straw crushed material (10%-15%): mainly wheat straw and rape straw, which are used as auxiliary materials and also for adjusting moisture content;
• Volcanic ash or bentonite (a small amount): used to improve pellet looseness and adjust pH value.

All these raw materials come from the customer's own farm or within 5 kilometers of the surrounding area, which effectively reduces transportation costs and carbon emissions, and also ensures the "local ecological" label of pellet products.

The on-site performance of FZLH320 compost granulating machine in Netherlands

This model of compost pelletizing equipment has a 22-kilowatt main motor power and an hourly production capacity of 2-3 tons. It is the preferred configuration in small and medium-sized agricultural operation scenarios.

The customer deployed it in the warehouse on the west side of the farm, built a simple raw material fermentation area and particle cooling and stacking area, and cooperated with two part-time operators to achieve a one-shift-a-day, six-day-a-week operation mode.

This compost granulating machine in Netherlands brings five practical values ​​to customers:

• Standardized product output: The particle specifications are stable and the density is uniform. It is not only suitable for spreading in the field, but also can be packaged and supplied to local horticultural companies in the Netherlands;
• Shortened composting cycle: The equipment allows the use of semi-fermented materials, and with a mechanical mixing system, the overall processing cycle is shortened to 15-20 days;
• Relieve environmental compliance pressure: By turning waste manure into "commodity", it effectively responds to the environmental protection department's regulatory requirements for the conversion of organic waste;
• Increased product added value: The rough production cost of granular fertilizer per ton is about 90 euros, while the market price can reach 180-220 euros, with considerable economic benefits;
• Improve the green image of the farm: In the sustainable agriculture certification system of the Netherlands, this project has won the customer the title of "Pioneer in Circular Agriculture Practice".

It is particularly worth mentioning that the introduction of wool makes the granular fertilizer have natural slow-release properties, which is suitable for the dual needs of horticultural growers for continuous fertilizer effect and safety. It was once popular in small organic fruit and vegetable bases around Amsterdam.

What else can FZLH320 compost granulating machine in Netherlands do?

In addition to the currently used "sheep manure + cow manure + wool + straw" composite particles, this FZLH320 equipment also demonstrated the following expansion capabilities during the experiment:

• Chicken manure and rice husk mixed fertilizer particles (suitable for orchards and grape planting)
• Mushroom residue + animal bone meal compound fertilizer (suitable for greenhouse vegetable bases)
• Food industry residue and urban greening grass mowing mixed compost particles
• Potassium-rich seaweed residue + sawdust compost particles (for flower soil)
• Farm biogas residue dry matter + bentonite particles (conditioning acidic soil)

This multi-functional adaptation not only allows customers to cope with seasonal raw material changes, but also lays a solid foundation for future product line upgrades and market differentiation.

Innovation in the national context: How the Dutch agricultural system empowers such projects

Although the Netherlands is small, its status as an agricultural powerhouse is unquestionable. Its high-density agricultural production and ecological policies are highly integrated, which has not only created the world's leading agricultural export volume, but also formed a high dependence on the reuse of agricultural by-products.

In such a national context, the client's composting pelletizing project has the following unique significance:

• Coping with nitrogen emission policy pressure: The Dutch government has been compressing the agricultural nitrogen emission limit year by year, and granular fertilizer can be officially supported as a "slow-release release system";
• Improving the level of agricultural carbon neutrality: Sheep manure and cow manure are converted into granular fertilizer and enter the soil to form organic matter, which is an effective path for carbon sequestration;
• Assisting agricultural education and experience economy: The client plans to integrate the granular production system into the farm education project, open it to schools for visits, and spread the concept of circular agriculture;
• Local employment and agricultural community drive: Operation, packaging, sales and other links provide part-time opportunities for community residents to enhance project stickiness and social recognition.

A Dutch farmer's compost pellet experiment is writing a replicable model

The implementation of the FZLH320 compost granulating machine in Netherlands not only solved the problems of manure accumulation and resource waste for the farmer, but also made the concept of "waste recycling" concrete, standardized and commercialized. In a country like the Netherlands with intensive regulations and highly modernized agriculture, such a "medium-scale, highly localized" recycling project has stronger practical guiding significance.

Today, his compost pellets not only supply his own pasture planting area, but also begin to enter a wider farmer system through farm cooperatives, becoming a new module in the Dutch ecological agriculture system.

In the future, in more countries and regions with mandatory emission reductions and emphasis on sustainable development, this pellet fertilizer system based on a variety of agricultural waste is expected to become one of the realistic paths for agricultural re-industrialization. The FZLH320 compost granulating machine in Netherlands will also play a more important role in this process. If you are interested in our compost granulating machine in Netherlands, feel free to contact RICHI MACHINERY for quotes, videos and more.