Do you require a way for disposing of farm manure? Are you trying to find a way to develop your organic fertilizer business? But you have no previous experience of making organic fertilizer from animal manure. Here, you can start with small scale fertilizer manufacturing. Usually, it can help you produce 1-5 tons of organic fertilizer per hour. And it has characteristics of low investment, easy operation, less space occupation, etc. So it is an ideal choice for beginners who want to setup an organic fertilizer plant. Then how to start small scale organic fertilizer production? You can consider it from the following aspects:

Small scale Ogranic fertilizer making line
  • Cpacity: 1-5 t/h

  • Material: Carbon steel Q235/Alloy

  • Voltage: 220v/380v/415v/440v/480v(50Hz/60Hz)

  • Cost: $30,000-$150,000

  • Application: Making organic fertilizer from cow dung, chicken manure, pig waste, straw, biogas residues, etc

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What do you need to do for starting small organic fertilizer production?

Before starting small scale organic fertilizer manufacturing, you need to know what you should do for it. Generally, you need to pay attention to 3 items: materials, plant location and equipment selection.

Material collection

In general, you can make small scale organic fertilizer with 3 kinds of materials. Animal manure: cow dung, chicken manure, piggery waste, goat poop, etc; Industrial waste: biogas residue, sludge, sugar waste, mushroom waste, etc; Agricultural litter: straw, sawdust, maize stocks, soya bean residues, etc. It is advisable to use the first two as the main material for organic fertilizer making and the last as auxiliary materials.

Organic fertilizer making materials
Organic fertilizer production equipment

Equipment selection

Then suitable equipment purchasing is essential for smoothly small scale organic fertilizer production. For this, you need to know what machine is needed in small scale organic fertilizer making? How much does the small scale organic fertilizer making system cost? Can your small organic fertilizer factory accommodate it? But don’t worry, we will help you. Even we can offer you customized design according to your requirements.

Plant location

For small scale organic fertilizer making plant setup, there are three tips for you. Avoiding building in areas where local policy prohibits. Located in a place with convenient transportation. And setting it up close to raw material sources.

Organic fertilizer plant setup

How to make better organic fertilizer?

What equipment is suitable for small scale organic fertilizer manufacturing?

When you want to produce organic fertilizer in a small scale, it is necessary to choose organic fertilizer machines with small capacity. Usually, small scale organic fertilizer manufacturing line can produce 1-5 tons of organic fertilizer per hour. For this, SX can provide fertilizer machines as follows:

Screw dewatering machine

For small scale production of organic fertilizer, SXTS-180 screw dehydrator is your best choice. It adopts a stainless steel sieve with 0.3-0.5 mm holes, which can help you separate solids from excrement of livestock quickly. After dewatering, the water content of manure can be reduced to 30%-40%, which is more suitable for organic fertilizer making.

Small scale fertilizer making dehydrator
Equipment Screw Type Dehydrator
Capacity (m³/h) 10-20
Power (kw) 4-5.5
Feeding Moisture 50%-70%
Dischage Moisture 30%-40%
Screen Material Stainless Steel

Small composting equipment

Composting plays an important role in removing harmful substances from manure. For small scale fertilizer fermentation, there are 3 types of fertilizer composting machines for your choice. For starting small scale composting in fermentation trench, we recommend you choose groove type composter. When you plan to start composting on the ground directly, you can buy windrow compost turner. In addition, if you want to finish composting of organic waste faster, the in-vessel fermentation tank is your optimal option.

Equipment Capacity (m³/h) Compost Time (days) Infrastructure Compost Temperature (℃)
Groove Type compost turner 700-2000 15-20 Fermentation Trench 60-70
Windrow Compost Machine 500-1500 15-20 Flat Cement Ground 60-70
In-veseel compostor 5-150 10-15 Flat Cement Ground 60-70

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Semi-wet material crusher

After fermentation, you need to crush agglomerated compost into fine powder. It is beneficial for producing organic fertilizer pellets with a more smooth appearance. Then for 1-5 t/h small scale organic fertilizer pulverizing, semi-wet material crusher is an ideal choice for you.

Semi-wet material crusher in SX
Equipment Semi-wet material crusher
Capacity (m³/h) 1-8
Power (kw) 22- 75
Feeding Moisture 50%-70%
Dischage Size (mesh) 50
Equipment Material Carbon steel Q235

Disc mixer

Then in order to ensure the nutrient balance of your final fertilizer, it needs a mixer to blend different materials evenly. And for small scale organic fertilizer plant mixer, it is advisable to purchase disc blender. It not only has advantages of suitable output, but also low cost, less space occupation, etc.

Disc vertical fertilizer mixing machine
Equipment Disc Mixer
Capacity (m³/h) 2-12
Motor Power (kw) 7.5
Mixing Speed (r/min) 16
Disc Diameter (mm) 1600-3000
Equipment Material Carbon steel Q235

Small organic fertilizer granulator

When it comes to small scale organic fertilizer granulation machine, we can provide you with disc granulation equipment, new type pelletizer, double roller granulator. If you plant to us water to facilitate the organic fertilizer pellet making, we recommend you choose pan pelleting machine or new type pelletizer. But for starting granulation with moisture content below 15% materials, double roller granulator is your optimum choice.

Equipment Capacity (m³/h) Moisture Granule Size (mm) Feeding Material Size (mesh)
Disc Granulator 1-6 20%-40% 1-8 50
New Type Granulator 1-8 20%-40% 2-5 50
Roller Press Granulator 1-3 5%-10% 1-10 50

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How to make better organic fertilizer granules in a small scale?

What you need to do after organic fertilizer pellet production? If you want to make better organic fertilizer in a small scale and have enough budget, you can add the small scale organic fertilizer machines as follows:

Screening equipment

Screening, that is, separating the qualified fertilizer granules from the unqualified. For this, we can offer you rotary screener. Moreover, in small scale organic fertilizer production, most people prefer to use SXGS-1240 sieve machine.

Screening equipment for granular fertilizer sorting
Dryer and cooler for better fertilizer manufacturing

Dryer and cooler

In order to make your final organic fertilizer meet international standards, you also should process them with dryer and cooler. They can eliminate excessive water left by wet granulation to improve your organic fertilizer quality. But they are dispensable for mini organic fertilizer production with dry granulation method.

Coating machine

If you want to further prolong the storage time of your small scale organic fertilizer pellets, you also can add a coating machine. It will add a protective film to fertilizer granules to prevent moisture absorption and nutrient loss.

Coating machine for better fertilizer granules making
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Packaging equipment

Finally, you need small scale packaging equipment. In this case, we recommend you choose single bucket automatic bagging scale. It can help you pack finished organic fertilizer into 25 kg/bag or 50 kg/bag quickly. Then you can sell them to your customers in a targeted way.

How much does a small scale organic fertilizer manufacturing line cost?

The cost of small scale organic fertilizer production usually varies according to capacity, equipment configuration and many other factors. Here, we will show you the prices of 1-2 t/h small organic fertilizer production line, 2-3 t/h small organic fertilizer making line and 3-5 t/h organic fertilizer manufacturing system for your reference.

1-2 t/h

$50,000-110,000
  • From compost to packaging
  • (Reference)

2-3 t/h

$80,000-140,000
  • From compost to packaging
  • (Reference)

3-5 t/h

$10,000-190,000
  • From compost to packaging
  • (Reference)

Small scale organic fertilizer production line is an ideal choice for beginners and small farm management. But if you have a large animal farm or want to further enlarge your organic fertilizer making plant scale, you can choose our large scale organic fertilizer production plan.

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