Topsoil Organics' Forbes-based Central West Nutrient Return Centre has recently been licensed by the Environmental Protection Authority to take 30,000 tonnes of organic waste per year and turn it into top quality compost.

It's the brainchild of Dan and Lana Nicholson, who founded Topsoil Organics in 2016.

Now their vision for expansion will become a reality with the support of a $300,000 investment, which they will match, from the NSW Government's Job Creation Fund.

Dan's family has been in agronomy for generations, his father an agronomist for 40 years.

Lana is an environmental scientist with a passion for soil health.

Put them together, and you have got a powerful partnership.

"In 2016 we saw potential, the State Government was really committed trying to divert green waste out of landfill," Dan explained this week.

From this Topsoil Organics was born, and for the past four years the business has sold compost which has been produced in other regions to our broadacre croppers.

They can hardly keep up with demand, with their clients currently stretched right across the western region and beyond.

With a good season following devastating and prolonged drought, the interest in organics for soil health and compost has grown with more farmers making the conscious decision to choose organic products which will assist in maintaining ground moisture and increase the soils water holding capacity by about 30%.

"The phone hasn't stopped ringing for 12 months," Dan said.

So now they have seized the opportunity to create a platinum quality product right here, right in the centre of where this market is. Topsoil Organics have established a composting facility on a site at the Central West Industrial Park off the Newell Highway north of Forbes.

"What we are trying to do here is close the loop, bring your food scraps back here to site and turn it over to become a high-quality product which will grow your food once again," Dan said.

"This is such a benefit not only to our environment but to the land which will continue to be farmed for generations to come - the use of organic materials will limit the need to use synthetic fertilisers and will conserve and rejuvenate our soil."

Topsoil Organics already employs one full time and two casual operators, as well as two environmental scientists.

The funds will add infrastructure, a weighbridge and ring road as well as an undercover sorting area.

"The material will go through a shed on a conveyor belt to be pre-sorted, there'll be about 15 jobs in that," Nicholson explained.

The material then goes into windrows, where temperature and moisture levels are monitored by the environmental scientists and turned as needed.

There is some seasonal variation, but on average three months later the compost is measured against not only Australian industry requirements but the company's own desire to set a premium standard.

It's screened through what's called a trommel to ensure there's nothing larger than 10mm, and then it's ready to go back into the ground.

Topsoil's ambition is to have compost ready for farmers by the time the next harvest is off, so the organic matter can be invested back into soils before sowing in 2022.

It is an exciting time, and the funding has allowed it to happen much faster and has turbocharged their dreams by about 5 years.

"We are now where we thought we'd be in 10 to 15 years," Dan said.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier, Sam Farraway MLC said a $300,000 grant from the NSW Government's Regional Job Creation Fund will help deliver the project.

"I'm delighted to support Topsoil Organics with this exciting project and look forward to seeing the benefits it will bring to the Forbes community," he said.