Organic phosphate development company Fertoz Ltd. on Feb. 24 announced its new partnership agreement with Western Alfalfa Milling Company (WAMCO), which will provide Fertoz with access to a wider range of nutrients and soil amendments for organic, sustainable, and regenerative producers, and will expand the company’s footprint throughout North America.
WAMCO produces organic and conventional dehydrated alfalfa pellets for the livestock feed industry, growing and processing alfalfa near Norquay, Sask., before shipping its products across North America. It also produces Alfalfa Green, a slow-release nitrogen fertilizer and soil amendment product. Fertoz said the WAMCO milling facility and all of its organic fields are certified organic by EcoCert Canada.
Fertoz hopes to combine its own organic phosphate with WAMCO’s nitrogen and add sustainable sourced potash and sulfur to provide multi-nutrient products – NPKS. Fertoz said the agreement will provide a broad range of customers with better access to all Fertoz and WAMCO products through shared local and regional sales outlets and will facilitate the development of a much sought-after all-in-one NPKS nutrient product in various size and packaging options ranging from bulk and totes to 25lb and 50lb bags.
“We are delighted to partner with WAMCO and excited to broaden our distribution channels further, providing more farmers than ever with access to our products,” said Derek Squair, Fertoz Vice President of North American Sales.
“This partnership is underpinned by Fertoz’s recent announcement of a first-of-its-kind organic input storage site at Wilson Siding, Alberta, and is an important step towards our goal of becoming the leading organic input supplier in North America. This new partnership with WAMCO will help organic growers to reach their productivity goals in line with what best-practice conventional growers have come to expect,” said Squair.
The partners already have two products under development. Nutrient Vigour is a pelletized blend of Alfalfa Green Nitrogen and rock phosphate that provides organic-approved natural slow-release nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients to the soil. This plant and mineral pellet provides soil conditioning, reduces compaction, conditions the soil, and also adds 30 additional nutrients to balance the soil. The second product, Nutrient Vigour Plus, is a pelletized blend of Alfalfa Green Nitrogen, rock phosphate, sulfate of potash, and sulfur, providing NPKS.
The partners said these products will be made broadly available through Fertoz and WAMCO’s existing distribution networks over the coming weeks, ready for 2021 planting.
Fertoz sources its phosphate rock from its own locations in British Columbia as well as from a supplier in Mexico (GM Dec. 6, 2019).