With the plastic waste associated with bags and the increased efficiency at port facilities, I'm surprised that bulk isn't more popular, certainly on bigger units.The one way to insure a load is a load, buy in bulk
With the plastic waste associated with bags and the increased efficiency at port facilities, I'm surprised that bulk isn't more popular, certainly on bigger units.The one way to insure a load is a load, buy in bulk
How much cheaper is bulk compared to bags?With the plastic waste associated with bags and the increased efficiency at port facilities, I'm surprised that bulk isn't more popular, certainly on bigger units.
I ordered 52t of urea at a good price earlier on, normally 26 ton bags on an artic all the years I have been buying urea. 24t on a lorry this time???
My 4t will come!
It’s only a matter of time before someone says a merchant has honoured a contracted ‘48 bag load’ with 48 hundredweight…I'm waiting for the first person to have put their load over a weighbridge rather than just assuming a "bag" is an assumed weight!
I'd imagine somewhere between £10 - £15/mt considering the cost of bags and the bagging operation? Bulk is likely more environmentally friendly too; no bags to dispose of and less energy consumed in the process.How much cheaper is bulk compared to bags?
No first time in about 40yrs we have bought before spring, availbality was the concernWould everyone that has there fertiliser bought and delivered, would they have normally been sorted at this time in previous years? (Asking for a "friend" that hasn't bought and is hoping for price drop a before april)
everything delivered here but would always have bought some in july i cant see any price drop before july and then not much huge amount of winter barley sowed needs a lot of fertiliserWould everyone that has there fertiliser bought and delivered, would they have normally been sorted at this time in previous years? (Asking for a "friend" that hasn't bought and is hoping for price drop a before april)
All this talk of weights in this thread.....based on "a load" being an assumed weight.
I'm waiting for the first person to have put their load over a weighbridge rather than just assuming a "bag" is an assumed weight!
Bags will be on that weigh ticket too could be towards 200kg short of productI had a load delivered last week with a weight ticket stapled to the delivery note, weigh ticket said 28160kgs, delivery note says 47 x 600kg bags, 28.2T. Will wait and see what is on the invoice, think I can guess!
Whenever I've asked about ton bags they're dearer than 600's WTFFert should be in tonne bags imo .
Bought a new weigh cell spreader and his blends from a certain company all came up short by a few kgs per bag. He double checked the spreader and then cross referenced the bags using a borrowed weigh scales and sure enough it was the same. He'd dealt with that company for years so god knows how much he'd been done out of over the years.Yes you are right. Never had a weigh ticket with a load of fert before, they should issue you one tho because they are probably fiddling a few kgs on every load
Ourselves included. Allowing for the bags, fertiliser always comes in bang on weight on the bridge, given that it's calibrated to 50t in 20kg increments.Plenty big farmers will have weigh bridges and weigh everything in and out.
That’s a net price,I deliver it to a feed mill 10 miles away. They are open 24/7 no dockage or deductions.is the wheat price on farm at a port store or fob ,as its oft the case that prices arnt comparable, cheers