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e3120

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Northumberland
No worries. I was being a bit belligerent too. :)

In the spirit of reconciliation, I may have jumped in a little quickly...

In the livestock game, it's a quandary to know what inputs to lock into, either physically or forward. For me, straw is a must as it simply wouldn't be available at the quantity I need later in the year, never mind quality or price. To be any use for finishing cattle (slaughterhouse cleanliness requirements), it has to be stored inside, and keeps the muck more concentrated. Pay-off for straw sheds is short imo. Feed barley tends to be scarce after the autumn as well. Fert is usually bought forward, for exactly the "avoid spring" logic above, but I've found this more difficult to do with AN than urea. I'm a urea fan anyway, but even in the North, it's a bit hopeful planning to be able to sow it into June and July onto grassland. This time around, I've AN coming next month (hope 28th), bought Nov. If it arrives early in the month, I'll have to turf some straw out.

One flaw in the cost/benefit exercise of extra sheds - no matter what it was planned for, stock men would fill it with stock!
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
Prilled Urea £255 ex boat, or from a different merchant £260 bagged and delivered, "terms about to be pulled".
Looks like its on it's way up to £300 again...
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
Whats the discount between Prilled and Granular urea with you guys?

No idea, as I'm buying to melt into home-brewed UAS.

I was needing half a load to finish of this years fert (bought the day before Brexit :whistle:), but bottled it and bought enough to cover me up to harvest 2018 at £260 bagged. Time will tell, but if the pound keels over in March (article 50) I think anyone left needing fert is going to be taken to the cleaners.
 

Victor

Member
Location
Devon
Urea in the 290s now 33.5 was around 245 today but has now been withdrawn. What was the lowest urea got to last year? What a difference 6 months make
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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