Welcome to the home of Biocast, by Island Biologicals!
If you’re looking to grow plants that are full of LIFE,
from soil to seed, then you’re in the right place.
What would you like to do today?
Welcome to the home of Biocast, by Island Biologicals
If you’re looking to grow plants that are full of LIFE,
from soil to seed, then you’re in the right place.
What would you like to do today?
At Island Biologicals we believe that life creates life.
Biocast supports the whole plant, including its microbiome, thanks to the life-stimulating compounds of earthworms and beneficial microbes.
As a grower it can support you to add health and vigour to your high production systems, to get plants through stressful times (such at transplant, or climate extremes), or give you a stepping stone to get off the inputs treadmill.
It is a high quality, natural biostimulant that you can feel good about applying, and that will be good for you, your family, your customers and your land.
“The health of the soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible”
Sir Albert Howard
Upcoming Events
Farm-scale Vermicomposting
Next round starts Monday, 20 April 2026
This 4 week live online group training program aims to equip you with everything you need to know about successfully running a vermicompost system at a farm scale – it’s not just a bigger version of a backyard worm bin!
Held via Zoom over four sessions with additional online resources, our founder and chief worm wrangler Lee Fieldhouse will share his accumulated wisdom from over 10 years vermicomposting and consulting at the farm scale, with an emphasis on making it relevant to your situation.
Please sign up to our newsletter to be notified when the next round is announced. This course is also available to be delivered privately to individuals or groups, contact us if you’re interested.
Freebies
Biocast: liquid vermicast biostimulant
By Island Biologicals
Made in the Manning by Island Biologicals
Biocast is made by Island Biologicals. We are an Australian, family-owned and operated company based on Oxley Island, part of the beautiful Manning Valley of NSW. Our founder and Chief Worm Wrangler is Lee Fieldhouse, who has a passion for working with natural processes to bolster food production.
Our mission is to help Australian farmers add more life to our land by reconnecting with and working with natural processes when growing plants.
News & grower stories
Foliar Biocast for plant health
Using Biocast as a foliar on your plants is one of our favourite, and most common, ways to use it. If you struggle with pest and disease issues, plant nutrition challenges, lack of vigour in your plants or generally think your plants could run better, then read...
Inoculating seedlings with Biocast
Soaking the roots of your new plant in Biocast just before planting or repotting is a great way to help your plant sail through transplant shock. What is seedling, or root inoculation? Inoculation simply means that your seedling or plant roots are being populated with...
Biological seed inoculation with Biocast
Biological seed inoculation If you are putting out seed, and want it to germinate into a robust and healthy seedling in a cost-effective way, then a biological seed inoculation with a living product such as Biocast is a great option. This post gives some background on...
Urea economics
We called a couple of local farm stores today. At one the price of a 1t bulker bag of urea was $1200 previously but they were out of stock with no idea when any more would come in. The other just got a shipment but didn't get back to us on any prices, likely it was...
Are we the business for you?
Trust, accountability and transparency are more important than ever. The world feels like it’s being run by nihilists and if you’re like us you want to know you’re shopping ethically and that each dollar you spend is building the better world you actually want. Here...
Planarian flatworm invasion!
Did you know that earthworms can be eaten by predatory planarian flatworms? We get these every year. They appear to thrive in the more humid, warm summers. We only see them on the surface in the early morning, during the day they shelter within the bed. Not all beds...
Updated Pasture Dieback handout released
Last year we created a free pdf download called 'Pasture Dieback: 60+ species that will help you address your feed gap and improve your soil!' Over summer it was peer reviewed by a dear and very knowledgeable friend (who has chosen to stay anonymous) who went over it...
Spring/ Summer 2025 Seasonal Outlook for Eastern Australia
Summary In summary, spring is presenting us with favourable growing conditions which will come as a relief to many following a year of extreme drought and flood. Utilising these conditions to prioritise biological soil repair through diverse plant growth and probiotic...
Out of the Mud
About this event Has your farm been impacted by the recent floods? This webinar was a discussion with fellow floodplain farmers who have been there and have a lesson or two to share from their successful recovery. The conversation focussed around: Rebuilding soil, and...
> If you have a Biocast story to share we would love to hear it! Call or email Lee on 0429 197 596 or lee@islandbiologicals.com.au
QUESTIONS?
One of our favourite parts of business is chatting with people interested in exploring biological solutions. We are happy to discuss how Biocast or our other products and services apply in your particular situation, so please contact us today!
