Chemical Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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david
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- Location
- County Down
Agrii = PLC = shareholders
Shareholders that must receive a dividend otherwise they sell their shares and invest in something more profitable
Shareholders that must receive a dividend otherwise they sell their shares and invest in something more profitable
- Location
- MK43
Had an ibc of manganese delivered last week £450
- Location
- Somerset UK
Does it keep, that much would last me 2 years and where did you get it? I think I might be calling Agri on monday to return some meteor for ccc
- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
I do buy cheapo Man Sulphate for some of my clients, but I do feel it is a bit like applying a nasty wetter with some mixes but I have also bought what I am told is a quality 30% Mn and I feel more relaxed about all mixes as it does seem kinder, Is it my imagination or not????
david
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- Location
- County Down
The cheapo Mn sulphate products - wonder how much actually gets into the plant ?
- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
David, I think it works but "in mixtures????" not sure!
Cheap and cheerful, or ridiculously expensive: Manganese Sulphate is just a salt. It might have some 'pixy dust magic' wetter added to it, or you could just rely on the fungicides in the mix to act as a wetter for free.
Other manganese salts are available, but not financially viable.
watfordfrosty
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- Location
- northamptonshire
I would imagine it works fine if it didn't why would an independent rep recommend it
- Location
- Somerset UK
kestrel tebucon 8% prothiocon16% 5lt £179.40
pacifica 2.5kg £212.50
molytrac 5lt £209.50
palio florasulam 1.4% pyroxsulam 7.1% 1.06kg £122.50
Toprex difenoconazo;e 25% paclabutrazol 12.5% 1lt £71
bio power £15 5lt
Opte-B 10lt £19.90
chekker amidosulfuron-methyl 3% iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium 1.25% 600gm £67.38
Kantor 5lt £112.50
tubosan 25% tebuconazole 5lt £45
pacifica 2.5kg £212.50
molytrac 5lt £209.50
palio florasulam 1.4% pyroxsulam 7.1% 1.06kg £122.50
Toprex difenoconazo;e 25% paclabutrazol 12.5% 1lt £71
bio power £15 5lt
Opte-B 10lt £19.90
chekker amidosulfuron-methyl 3% iodosulfuron-methyl-sodium 1.25% 600gm £67.38
Kantor 5lt £112.50
tubosan 25% tebuconazole 5lt £45
why not buy some proline and mix with the turbosan to make your own Kestrel?
- Location
- Somerset UK
because I don't know enough yet, i'm still learning, would it be much cheaper?
- Location
- Somerset UK
`I think we will be having that conversation next time he comes out
1 litre of Kestrel gives 160 grammes of prothioconazole and 80 g of tebuconazole, costing you £35.88 (£179.40/5 litres)
Instead, you buy 1 litre or 275 g of Proline for £46.40 and 1 litre or 250 g of Tubosan for £9.
160/275 = 0.58 litres of Proline for £27 and 80/250 = 0.32 litres Tubosan for £2.88. 27 + 2.88 = £29.88 for a home made Kestrel of equal strength vs your agronomist's special brew costing £35.88.
That doesn't sound like a huge saving but add that kind of saving up over 50% of your products and you've saved enough money to pay the legal costs & magistrate's fine for slapping the agronomist if they give you any bullsh*te about "how well formulated Kestrel is!"
One note of caution - if you're serviced i.e. don't pay extra for the agronomist because their fees are built into the chemical price, then you'll have to pay a £/acre cost to an independent agronomist which on a small area might not show huge savings over your Agrii one.
With an independent agronomist who is working to reduce your agchem spend you'll get your money back though. They have no vested interest in selling chemical unlike a distributor agronomist.
shakerator
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- Location
- LINCS
Do independents also have a vested interest to do something different though ?