Farmers need to check their fertiliser is approved.
Too many farmers and growers are still not asking their fertiliser suppliers if the products they are buying have been independently audited and approved by the Fertmark scheme.
This means that fertiliser users who don't use reputable suppliers are leaving themselves wide open to being sold products that have not
been verified as containing what they say they contain.
Launched nearly 25 years ago (after the government withdrew from fertiliser auditing), the Fertmark scheme provides quality assurance that what's on the product is what's in the product.
It was set up by farmers for farmers who were concerned that, left unchecked, the fertiliser industry would pose serious threat to farming practice, production, pasture care, animal welfare and the environment.
To ensure that no fertiliser user is applying a product that isn't true to label, the FQC is urging all farmers to look for the Fertmark logo when buying. Or, if ordering bulk over the phone, to ask if a Fertmark tick is in place.
