It has been close on 20 years since John Kismet Jashar first started Guano Australia Pty Ltd, and travelled the nation looking for opportunities for the then new organic phosphate fertiliser “Madura Guano Gold-Kwik Start”.

For those who do not know about Guano Gold-Kwik Start – This BFA registered Guano, mined from the island of Madura in Indonesia, boasts the highest quality Di Calcium Phosphate, originating from petrified sea bird faeces, available on the market today. Guano Gold consists of high levels of Phosphorous, Calcium and Silica of which all 3 nutrients are in an available form. Guano Gold offers a release pattern of phosphorous suited widely to Australian low “P” soils, for pasture, cereal and horticultural crops, just to name a few.

When “Guano Australia” first commenced trading in Australia,their first major client was Paton Fertilizers, now part of the Amgrow Group. At the time, under the guidance of Bruce Cairns, Guano Gold – Kwik Start was “Kwikly” identified and assessed to contain the best valuable source of Organic “P”; it was also recognised for its true technical and agronomic potential that money could buy.

From those humble beginnings the journey began, building Guano Australia Pty Ltd into a major national player in the Australian Organic, Bio-Dynamic and Sustainable farming Input Supplier Industry.

With the “Testimony of Time”, and the dedicated support of both national distributors and the regular customer within the farming community, John has decided it is now time to expand the operations and build a stronger national presence. This will be achieved by way of a new marketing and distribution arrangement between Guano Australia and Amgrow Pty Ltd.

As a result of mutual negotiations, Guano Australia Pty Ltd is excited to announce the appointment of Amgrow’s rural wholesale division ‘Amgrow Specialty’ as the new wholesale agent for Guano Gold- Kwik Start. Guano Australia will maintain the role of exclusive importer whilst Amgrow will take full responsibility for the sales, marketing and wholesaling of the Guano Gold range of products.

“I can attest that Amgrow Specialty, under the leadership of Mr. Chris Chapman, will carry on forward as part of our new relationship, and jointly we will “Stamp the Footprint” in the Australian Ag Business as major suppliers for years to come, in this true “Partnership for Growth” agreement for all concerned,” according to John Jashar.

Guano Australia will offer technical and marketing support, when and where needed, whilst remaining at the forefront of maintaining and supplying the international quality products as well exploring further product developments.

In the transitional period John Jashar will play an important role in introducing distributors and users of the Guano Gold – Kwik Start products to Amgrow. The transition should be smooth with most distributors holding current accounts with Amgrow.

Storage and distribution of Guano products will improve with Amgrow stocking bagged material at each Amgrow site nationally. Bulk material handling will continue from current locations in Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle.

Please feel free to call and discuss our new arrangement at any time.