Fertiliser price for those that miss it in Arable section

Cowabunga · Mar 11, 2022

Just had a price for Nitram. £955/ton for artic load and CF 24-8-8 plus sulphur at £905/ton, again artic loads. If you haven’t yet secured your Spring fertiliser needs, don’t leave too long. Delivery dates now stretch two to three weeks hence and there may not be any to order again soon. Yara have shut their continental factories it seems.

Northeastfarmer · Mar 11, 2022

There’s going to be some organic farming this year

DrDunc · Mar 11, 2022

Northeastfarmer said:
There’s going to be some organic farming this year

And there's going to be even more ex farmers next year

The Seeker · Mar 11, 2022

Is that up 150 in a day ?

Werzle · Mar 11, 2022

Cowabunga said:
Just had a price for Nitram. £955/ton for artic load and CF 24-8-8 plus sulphur at £905/ton, again artic loads. If you haven’t yet secured your Spring fertiliser needs, don’t leave too long. Delivery dates now stretch two to three weeks hence and there may not be any to order again soon. Yara have shut their continental factories it seems.

Paid £665 in feb for nitram, never thought i would be happy to say that although i will be happier when it turns up.

The Seeker · Mar 11, 2022

My mates know a lad who sells the other white stuff in the pub, bet he’s not even making that pound for pound

Werzle · Mar 11, 2022

What surprises me is farmers suddenly surprised about the fert price, where have they been hiding?! Farmers will need abit of uplifting sniff @The Seeker to cope with all these price increases

Wellytrack · Mar 11, 2022

Wonder if there will be an increase in free range cattle? My dad would tell me about an old lad back in the day would just turn the old cows out to ‘graze the long acre’

The Seeker · Mar 11, 2022

What surprises me is that they were all complaining it was too expensive at 230 a ton

BAF · Mar 11, 2022

Fym and slurry is going to be worth it's weight in gold! And alternative ways of getting nutrients into the ground are going to become very popular.

Werzle · Mar 11, 2022

BAF said:
Fym and slurry is going to be worth it's weight in gold! And alternative ways of getting nutrients into the ground are going to become very popular.

We can but hope

Cowabunga · Mar 11, 2022

I’ve got two artic loads on the way but one from Yara ordered some time ago and one of Origin ordered today for after first cut. These will blow a big hole in my cashflow but I intend to further cut use by 15% this year, having already cut use by 15% last year. Luckily I will have fair reserves of silage in the pit this Summer from last year so don’t expect my herd output to be cut by more than 10% if all goes well.

More concerned about the price of cattle cake really. I use far more tons of that than of fertiliser.

Cowabunga · Mar 11, 2022

The Seeker said:
Is that up 150 in a day ?

CF have not taken any orders for the last few weeks as far as I know.

M-J-G · Mar 11, 2022

Werzle said:
Paid £665 in feb for nitram, never thought i would be happy to say that although i will be happier when it turns up.

We bought our N in June at £313 and was told on TFF to hold off as it was a ridiculous price at that time...

Cowabunga · Mar 11, 2022

BAF said:
Fym and slurry is going to be worth it's weight in gold! And alternative ways of getting nutrients into the ground are going to become very popular.

Yes but, but, but, the new regulations when they are enforced next year will mean that I’m not allowed to spread a thousand tons of my own slurry on my own land. Great logic that!

Bossfarmer · Mar 11, 2022

surely 95% of farmers will have this years fert requirements bought by now?

Wellytrack · Mar 11, 2022

Bossfarmer said:
surely 95% of farmers will have this years fert requirements bought by now?

Why would they? You do realise fertiliser wouldn’t even be on the land by mid April up in the hills?

Bossfarmer · Mar 11, 2022

Wellytrack said:
Why would they? You do realise fertiliser wouldn’t even be on the land by mid April up in the hills?

because they would need to order it to allow delivery time etc etc?

Cowabunga · Mar 11, 2022

The Seeker said:
What surprises me is that they were all complaining it was too expensive at 230 a ton

It was too expensive at £230/ton relative to the price of milk back then. However if farmgate milk prices rise to over 40ppl maybe £950/ton won’t seem so bad. It’s all relative.

Dave6170 · Mar 11, 2022

Bossfarmer said:
surely 95% of farmers will have this years fert requirements bought by now?

Some would be waiting till they sold cattle in spring before ordering any

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