The report Overview of Compost Tea Use in NSW is now available. This report provides a concise overview of the current use, practices and benefits of compost teas in New South Wales. It is targeted towards the commercial and agricultural sector, as this sector displays significant potential to utilise such technology to improve their organics management practices.

The scope of this report is to provide a basic overview of compost teas and their current use in NSW to better understand:
• What is compost tea?
• What are the reported benefits and from what types of products;
• How is compost tea made? What are characteristics of product and how is quality assessed? What are quality issues with production and storage and how is compost tea applied; and
• Compost tea production and use in NSW.

Compost tea is emerging as a crop protection tool for organic agriculture for several reasons including:
• Beneficial microorganisms which can reduce incidence of foliar and/or soilborne diseases and compost tea supports the proliferation of these microorganisms;
• Readily available source of nutrients for plants;
• Ease of application and integration into existing fertility and disease control programs due to its ease of application via existing irrigation or spray equipment, or as a soil drench; and,
• Transport costs, unlike composts, compost teas do not require transport of large quantities of bulk compost long distances because compost tea is generally produced at the farm or alternatively compost tea concentrate is purchased and diluted before application.

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