Driven by green agriculture policies, bio-organic fertilizer production lines have become a hot investment area in the agricultural input sector. However, in actual development, they face multiple challenges related to technology, market, cost, and policy, hindering the large-scale and high-quality advancement of the industry.
Technological bottlenecks are particularly prominent. The core of bio-organic fertilizer lies in the fermentation process; however, most small and medium-sized production lines suffer from immature fermentation technology, making it difficult to control the activity of microbial agents. This often results in incomplete fermentation and unbalanced nutrients, affecting product quality stability. Simultaneously, there are significant technological shortcomings in the deep processing stage. Some production lines lack efficient bio-organic fertilizer equipment, such as advanced granulators and precision dryers, leading to uneven particle size and excessive moisture content, making it difficult to meet the application needs of large-scale agriculture. Furthermore, insufficient technology for treating exhaust gas and waste liquid during production easily causes secondary pollution, contradicting the concept of green production.
Market promotion faces numerous obstacles. On the one hand, the advantages of traditional chemical fertilizers—low price and quick results—remain deeply entrenched, while farmers lack sufficient understanding of the fertilizer effect cycle and application methods of bio-organic fertilizers, hindering market acceptance. On the other hand, severe product homogenization within the industry, coupled with a lack of differentiated competitive advantages, has led some companies to engage in vicious price wars to seize market share, further squeezing profit margins.
Rising cost pressures have become a constraint on bio-organic fertilizer production lines. Regarding raw material procurement, the collection and transportation radius of organic raw materials such as livestock manure and straw is limited, and supply is unstable due to seasonal factors, resulting in rising procurement costs year by year. In production and operation, the fermentation process is energy-intensive and time-consuming, and the high price of core consumables such as microbial agents further contributes to high unit product costs.
An imperfect policy and standards system creates development challenges. Although the state strongly supports green agriculture, subsidy policies in some regions are not fully implemented, and the industry standards and testing and certification systems are incomplete. This leads to inconsistent product quality and difficulties in market supervision, impacting the development confidence of legitimate enterprises.
