Urea at £400 a tonne = £20 per 50kilo so even if you put on 200 kilo per acre that's only £ 80 an acre currently thats about 450 kilos of wheat , urea at £250 a tonne and wheat at 130 needs 400 kilos of wheat if my maths is correct, I remember growing wheat at lower prices than that with urea above 200spending 125/a on N fert for second wheat ?
Just a coat and shoes? Sending her out on the game to make up for the high fert price seems a bit extreme.a new winter coat and shoes for the wife.
2019 harvest we had some second wheats at 4.5t/a, 2020 it was 4.5t/ha if someone could tell us the weather for the next 6months it would be so much easierI was going to have one field of second wheat but have changed my mind, as inputs vs yield on our shallow soils just don’t stack up. I have a lot of oats gong in this year. If you are on strong land and can get 3.5t plus on second wheats might be ok though.
Depends on the wheat price , like fert , wheat has many lucrative byproductsspending 125/a on N fert for second wheat ?
Yesspending 125/a on N fert for second wheat ?
Depends how much wheat will be,do you think £ 200 is the finish?spending 125/a on N fert for second wheat ?
That depends on when the fert was bought. It's a bit like asking how long is a piece of string!!!!how much per acre are people spending on fert to grow low malting sb?
I meant at todays fert pricesThat depends on when the fert was bought. It's a bit like asking how long is a piece of string!!!!
Someone growing a crop using left over get from last year is going to a lot less that someone who bought fert in the last week for 425 quid a ton.
If your wheat yielding less than 4t maybe join stewardship.Just a coat and shoes? Sending her out on the game to make up for the high fert price seems a bit extreme.
Thing is, once you look at wheat as a whole - seed, sprays etc - there are easier ways to get 3t of grain. Oats, barley, spring cereals etc. You really don't want to be doing a big herbicide stack and four fungicides on a crop you'll only put 120kgN
Bean pea price?Ooof. I'd have to say no. But depends what the alternative is. Have you seen the price of bean / pea seed?
If you can get 2.75t of spring barley as opposed to 3.5t of wheat, I'd say there are some other options.
My 2nd wheats have matched my first wheats again, this year.2019 harvest we had some second wheats at 4.5t/a, 2020 it was 4.5t/ha if someone could tell us the weather for the next 6months it would be so much easier
Anyone who remembers 08/09 will know the crop went in on sky high inputs and was sold rock bottomThere is in theory no problem if costs double overnight, as long as receipts double overnight too.
Its the uncertainty of not knowing how inflation will play out that causes the problem.