Tag: Sustainability
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Embracing Innovation and Sustainability at Groundswell Festival 2023
Back in June we had representatives from our team, including two of our senior agronomists, make an appearance at the Groundswell Festival, an event all about regenerative agriculture.
The perfect place to meet with similarly innovative thinkers.
The number of attendees was a pleasant surprise, highlighting the large appetite for change and development towards a more sustainable agricultural sector.
Even more encouraging was the interest people had in Maxstim, what we do, and our ever-expanding product range. We had something of interest for everyone. Maxstim now offers a complex biostimulant product for every crop, with high quality data to support its effectiveness. These reports demonstrate how our biostimulants positively influence a crop’s life cycle, and the subsequent benefits for the growers who add it to their growing regimes. All of Maxstim’s products are designed to ensure they deliver an increase in margins for farmers.
Interestingly, we had the most questions and interest shown in one of our new formulations – Phenosa.
This new product is a combination of bacteria and bioflavonoid biostimulants, applied as a ground drench, and designed especially to support cereal crops and sugar beet.
This interest in the new, innovative, and sustainable is exactly what Maxstim is all about.
Find out how you can embrace our innovative technology by contacting our team via customer.services@maxstim.com or 01252 279935.
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Can plant biostimulants promote nitrogen reduction?
There are a number of strategies where biostimulants can help the fertiliser problem
Our previous articles gave insight to the fertiliser problem we are facing globally and demonstrated the nitrogen cycle. We introduced the need for biostimulants as a way to enable plants to better use the nutrients available to them, therefore allowing producers to use less fertilisers and also the effect of biostimulants on plant roots.
Maxstim achieves organic certification
The latest innovation is an organic formulation that will meet the stringent requirements to be certified by well-respected and globally renowned testing and accreditation facilities.
The organic farming market is set to increase significantly over the coming years. In Europe, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy to 2030 is looking to set a target of 25% of all agricultural land in Europe to be farmed organically. This is alongside an additional goal of reducing the use of chemical pesticides by 50%.
Maxstim for Organic Agriculture, our new biostimulant formulation has achieved Ecocert accreditation. Almost 30 years ago the Ecocert certification was established to highlight environmentally friendly and socially conscious practices.
“Our business is striving to create a range of products which match the core values established by Ecocert. Our new formulations respect the natural environment, the protection of valuable resources and the impact we have on our planet. Challenges that cannot be ignored. We are really excited to have more organic formulas under development which will follow this sustainable path.”
We are currently completing the next accreditation to comply with American regulations, for the National Organic Program (NOP) certificate. The new Maxstim for Organics products will be available for distribution mid-March.