Crappy urea

[Surgery]

Anyone else found lumps in urea this time what I would put down to the plant not cleaning out their system ? 3 bags out of a loads worth on one farm , it had all different ferts in it and not best pleased in this day and age , this was one bags worth as I had cleaned the other out before hand.

 

[david]

Imported Lithan crap ?

 

[bobk]

Looks old stuff to me.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Looks like some of stuff we used back in 1986 ,,boat load of distressed urea got unloaded and farmers bought it cheap ,,it was so bad it had set solid in the bags ,the plant had forgoton to put the anti caking agent in

 

[phil]

Anyone else found lumps in urea this time what I would put down to the plant not cleaning out their system ? 3 bags out of a loads worth on one farm , it had all different ferts in it and not best pleased in this day and age , this was one bags worth as I had cleaned the other out before hand.View attachment 301712

Looks more like cleanings off a rubble screen ended up back in urea to a bagger without any screens

 

[Bill & Ben Flowerpot Men]

The bag has suffered from an ingress of water some time ago, been sat in storage, dried out and caked in the bottom of the bag. Give the photo to your seller and they should knock a small amount off the price for inconvenience.

 

[MrNoo]

I had a lot like that 3 years ago, was a right ball ache, the only way we could deal with it was drop the bags onto a concrete floor (it made the lumps smaller!)
I kicked up merry hell about it, managed to get a decent discount but would have been happier if they had taken the junk back and replaced it with decent stuff as the extra time involved filling was substantial.
I will add that the stuff this year is some of the best I've ever had, no dust, decent regular size granuals.

 

[Walton2]

Trading standards would love to have a look at that....or the next bag...as you open it. You may want your merchant to know that you are unhappy first.

 

[Lincsman]

I collect mine in bulk out of the sheds that yours may have come from, last year there were signs of leaks in the roof, which then cause the lumps you have.
Screening involves a mesh over the hopper that the shovel tips into, then driver "rubs" it through. The heaps are at least 40' high and can stand up like walls if it came off the boat warm or was a wet day.. imagine wet trucks driving in and out of sheds and water running off sheets.

 

[Walton2]

It's not what you paid for....if you haven't paid yet ,you're in an even better position!

 

[Surgery]

It's not what you paid for....if you haven't paid yet ,you're in an even better position!

Unfortunately paid a long time ago , also had a tapped up bag on the same load

 

[phil]

The bag has suffered from an ingress of water some time ago, been sat in storage, dried out and caked in the bottom of the bag. Give the photo to your seller and they should knock a small amount off the price for inconvenience.

Doesn't explain lumps of different grades