Fertiliser Price Tracker

PSQ

Member

Arable Farmer

• May 28, 2021

• #6,861

Merchant on the phone today: "we've sold as much early season AN this year as we always do, and the price is going up a tenner next week"
Me: "I'm struggling to believe there are that many farmers who've been suckered into playing a very stupid game...".

Apparently AN users are buying early, and urea users are holding off as the price spike is down to Chinese demand.

 

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Hampton

Member

BASIS

Location

Shropshire

• May 28, 2021

• #6,862

PSQ said:

Merchant on the phone today: "we've sold as much early season AN this year as we always do, and the price is going up a tenner next week"
Me: "I'm struggling to believe there are that many farmers who've been suckered into playing a very stupid game...".

Apparently AN users are buying early, and urea users are holding off as the price spike is down to Chinese demand.

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I spoke to a farmer the other day who said he had bought his but had told the merchant if the price drops, he had to come down to match it!

 

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Old apprentice

Member

Arable Farmer

• May 28, 2021

• #6,863

Would the AN demand be of grassland farmers going to use it very shorely and not for next season grain production ,I think so.

 

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Wheatyflake

Member

BASIS

Location

East Midlands

• May 28, 2021

• #6,864

Latest Grain, Seed and Fertiliser Market Report | ADM Agriculture (adm-agri.co.uk)

 

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Hampton

Member

BASIS

Location

Shropshire

• May 28, 2021

• #6,865

Old apprentice said:

Would the AN demand be of grassland farmers going to use it very shorely and not for next season grain production ,I think so.

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Yes, I would think so and beet/maize growers

 

neilo

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Montgomeryshire

• May 28, 2021

• #6,866

Wheatyflake said:

Latest Grain, Seed and Fertiliser Market Report | ADM Agriculture (adm-agri.co.uk)

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From a company that has urea available for spot or forward pricing..... hmmm.

 

texelburger

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Herefordshire

• May 28, 2021

• #6,867

Well I've ordered half our requirements just to hedge our bets.Who knows if it's the correct thing to do,time will tell.

 

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thorpe

Member

• May 28, 2021

• #6,868

texelburger said:

Well I've ordered half our requirements just to hedge our bets.Who knows if it's the correct thing to do,time will tell.

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same here!

 

JCfarmer

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

warks

• May 28, 2021

• #6,869

Not many prices on here?

 

An Gof

Member

Location

Cornwall

• May 28, 2021

• #6,870

Ordered mine today. Right or wrong time will tell but at least it will be in my shed for when I want it.

 

bobk

Member

Location

stafford

• May 28, 2021

• #6,871

JCfarmer said:

Not many prices on here?

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Thought you'd bought .

 

Against_the_grain

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

S.E

• May 28, 2021

• #6,872

Don't need fertiliser for 9 months yet. Cannot understand the rush in buying so far in advance when prices are this high. Merchants on the phone. All smacks of a bit of desperation imo.

 

JCfarmer

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

warks

• May 28, 2021

• #6,873

bobk said:

Thought you'd bought .

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2 loads of urea bought, 3 more loads to buy in a few months

 

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Luke Cropwalker

Member

Arable Farmer

• May 28, 2021

• #6,874

Ordered some, along with stocks don't really need much more until late March. Hopefully prices will be lower by then but slightly concerned about logistics with last minute orders.

 

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Luke Cropwalker

Member

Arable Farmer

• May 28, 2021

• #6,875

Interesting that I have never had as many phone calls trying to get me to buy.

 

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Rookie

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincs / Notts

• May 28, 2021

• #6,876

Ordered 1 load (reluctantly) of pulan (£261) the other day as have still got over a lorry load in shed from last year. Over £80 / t difference but can't see it dropping back to those levels.
Everything what you buy in seems to be going up in price.

 

Spencer

Member

Location

North West

• May 28, 2021

• #6,877

Luke Cropwalker said:

Interesting that I have never had as many phone calls trying to get me to buy.

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I was thinking the same, yet last year had to phone up myself to book AN @ £185....

 

Jim75

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Easter ross

• May 28, 2021

• #6,878

Glad we over slightly over ordered (a lot) and reduced our use this spring on grass. Shouldn’t need much solid just to book liquid at some point.

 

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DRC

Member

• May 28, 2021

• #6,879

bobk said:

My view is if the price goes higher the stuff isn't worth growing

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If it goes higher, or even stays this high, it’ll be worth paying a contractor to umbilical pig slurry on to the crop.

 

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DRC

Member

• May 28, 2021

• #6,880

Hampton said:

I spoke to a farmer the other day who said he had bought his but had told the merchant if the price drops, he had to come down to match it!

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They always used to do that .