Gangrenous mastitis, better known as blue udder, is the fear of every sheep and goat farmer. This is a very intense inflammation that is often caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Mannheimia Maemolytica, whereby the udder turns blue/black, becomes warm and hard. In addition, there is a very unpleasant smell. If any milk comes out at all, [...]
Within agriculture one often speaks of dairy farmers, cattle and pig fattening farms. The horse farms are usually not named and in a sense are often a forgotten branch within the sector. However, in horses there is also manure, solid manure. Horses are often provided with meager and fairly dry food, so both the hay and [...]
Solid manure, slurry and digestate are the most well-known forms of excrement that can so far benefit from treatment with Rinagro's aerobic bacterial mineral mixture treatment. However, municipalities have even more types of residual flows that should be processed in a sustainable manner. Until now, external parties are still responsible for the removal and processing of [...]
In recent years, the municipality of Leeuwarden has worked fairly closely with Rinagro on various projects. Wonderful results have been achieved within these projects and special discoveries have been made. For example, the trial with roadside grass as a soil improver was successful, and the mineralization with Compost-O® retained the nutrients. With a washout of 0! [...]
As you may have already experienced, Rinagro is active in several countries. We now have a considerable customer base in the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Denmark, Belgium and Canada that we can supply. Climate change and the deterioration of soil quality are increasingly becoming a daily topic. Based on this, a cluster of Dutch sustainable innovative companies [...]
It is already known that Rinagro's products have an indirect positive influence on water quality. However, we were recently shaken by the announcement that we can also directly influence and improve water quality… One of our colleagues drew our attention at the staff meeting last summer to his experiences with what our bacteria in his pond [...]
A dairy farmer who used Compost-O for a number of years to mineralize his manure, at some point had to deal with a salmonella infection at his company. He studied the circumstances of the salmonella contamination and discovered that this is a bacterium that lives in anoxic conditions (anaerobic). He remembered the effect of the [...]
Be Sustainable! (Doe maar Duurzaam), a tv-program at RTL 7 (NL) The world economy is at a turning point: The Paris climate summit, reducing greenhouse gases, sustainability and the reusing of waste, etc. etc. In other words: thinking and acting in a circular manner becomes a necessity! This also applies to circular agriculture. [...]
Introduction This inquiry has been made within the scope of a graduation assignment of the study programme : Animal and Dairy- farming at the Van Hall institute in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands). The inquiry is made by order of : Rinagro BV in Piaam (The Netherlands). Results of the test The manure treated with Agri-mest contains [...]
Astonishing growth of Grass Dairy farmer Auke Stremler has his own ideas about soil’s fertility. Instead of chemical fertilizer, he would like to have the opportunity to spread more manure on his land. Out of his grassland in Jorwert, The Netherlands, he is able to get five high-quality cuts per year. His secret weapon is a [...]
