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    How will the public respond to higher and higher food prices..

    Hey Tesla, it is exactly the same as the words that i preach Indonesia government everyday for the last 15 years... Now i tell them, now it is the era of consumer pay up or die of hunger, i as a Farmer could not help as i was poverished by their 30 years long cheap food policy as a Hedge against...
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    Food Shortages

    Agriculture
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    Today Quote at Henry's hub is $5/MMBTU... Chinese ain't stupid...if the was any Crooks, it would be European energy Traders and gas company in Europe...i fought the same baddies in Indonesia, until my president decree that locally Indonesia Gas for fertilizer company is fixed at $5/MMBTU as we...
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Honestly i only managed to terrace two hectares, which was painstakingly done using 40 manual labour over 30 days....i have given up for the rest, maybe next season when i have time and money....🤣😂🤣😂 Leaf growth area and colour look good to me...infact i worry too much vegetatif growth Will...
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Dully Noted, thanx
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Gee, thanks flatlander
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Oh Mungbean is very cheap and low productivity about one tonne per hectare...so Farmers avoid them
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    We have two option, two seasons of maize on Highland or one season of maize and one season of rice paddy... temperature daytime on Highland ranging 23 Celcius to 28 Celcius, nite time temperature ranging 16 Celcius to 20 Celcius....Humidity on Highland is ranging 77-92 percent depends on Monsoon...
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Ah yes, i did apply one tonne of chicken manure per hectare, location Sukabumi, west Java, Indonesia
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Our Soil P is about 30kg , but very low on K, like 5kg....we plan to take out the weeds by using selective herbicide convey...on seeding rate, i agree with you...read some research about how it should go up to 90-100k population per hectare, but not sure about adding more ferts and our limited...
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    Need Advice please on Yield and seeding rate!

    Our Indonesia departemen of agriculture advice Farmers to plant like that(like the one in picture) , 20cm by 70cm about 50-60k population per hectare...about 12kg of maize seeds....claimed to have a yield of 12 tonne per hectare of maize at 15% water content....is that a possibly achievable...
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    One tonne of Urea only need 21 MMBTU according by latest calculation
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    Let's calculate Ferts production cost! One tonne of Urea cost 25 MMBTU of natural gas and 80% of Urea production cost is on the cost of natural gas is $5/MMBTU at Henry's hub...hence, $125/MMBTU cost of LNG, add another 20% for covering other cost...arrived at $150/tonne urea production...
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    Switch to organic farming causes chaos in Sri Lanka

    Exactly, those who grow bio diesel from palm tree, bomb ferts and chemical away, living filthy rich while watching grain Farmers dying due to low prices dictated by my government
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