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Fertiliser Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Keep giving ya Money to where ever the foreign stuff is made which is worse ??£4-10? Season start I got some at £180 when Nitram was similar. As of late the quotes I’ve got off one rep has been £10-£15 difference
Keep giving your money to the yanks
Keep giving ya Money to where ever the foreign stuff is made which is worse ??
Nitram track foreign N and Urea prices , they could get us all on board if they weren't such greedy so and so's
- Location
- Huntingdon
They can't physically supply the whole UK market, for a lot of the year they were at or just about the same price as Lithan. Certainly kept the job on its toes.
Nitram for Jan about £240, I can't find Lithan below £230, but maybe someone has some stock they need out.
C B
- Location
- Northumberlandia
big price diff from end of May17 eh
pity wheat didnt jump £61 a ton in that time.... oh wait a min weve no chance of that happening.
Ive no bother in getting any amount way more than i ever need in a season when new season
prices seem to arrive anyways. bought one extra wagon load this year & could have had another 10
if i shouted loud enuff
That's their problem ... it's a top product , so get your fingers out Growhow .
- Location
- Northumberlandia
i hear this from various merchants up here but like ive just said i could have had 10wagon loads no bother poss alot more.
neighbours buy more than me & its all Nitram in there shed
- Location
- Huntingdon
Lost me with this, are you implying there is an allocation up your way?
The UK needs to import N either as Urea, or AN. CF are trying to maximise production but still will never take 100% of the market.
It will always be available at a price, however as some are reporting at the moment they have perhaps priced themselves higher than Lithan to self limit the supply. Earlier in the season when it was cheaper they were very competitive against Lithan.
C B
- Location
- Northumberlandia
No soz what a i meant was i bought 3 wagon loads on day1 when new prices was out end of last may
but am sure i could have ordered 10loads or more without any supply issues.
I know all dealers/traders call them whateber will most likely only have a certain allocation in the first few days
& i think in this case it was a 24hr window as demand was huge the rep told me afterwards
YorkshireFarmer
Member
Keep giving ya Money to where ever the foreign stuff is made which is worse ??
Worse? Lithan spreads great to 24m, I've never had any problems with it, (or Nitram).
However paying £5/£10/£15 more per /t is just stupid to me. Theyre both 34.5%.
- Location
- Huntingdon
- Location
- Northumberlandia
on good terms with supplier right on 1st day & will be this may also.
even tho ive got half of 2019's Nitrogen in the shed now
Maybe they dont give you the best prices?
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Its quite an eye opener to do the maths on current Nitram vs May17 Nitram esp when out of the 3 wagon loads
i ordered then the third was for nothing. all because the price increased by 1/3
i ordered then the third was for nothing. all because the price increased by 1/3
- Location
- Huntingdon
My area will have a fair bit more haulage on than where you are, as ex immingham, there will probably be £7 difference in that.
C B
Fish
Member
- Location
- North yorkshire
Yes it is, this is why many people choose to buy urea.
Do the same cal for urea bought at 203/205.
Perhaps CF have been more agressive this year to chase market share? I would imagine that CF has a higher cost of production than Lithan despite the extra shipping, then it's down to currency for the price competition. Are you agents of Lithan as well as CF?
- Location
- Huntingdon
Definatley they have been chasing market share, they are keen to get as much production out of their factories as possible.
And yes we trade Lithan & Urea as well as sell CF.
CB
Kaynitro Sulfur is my favorite fertiliser, and one I get that Euromillions won I shall be buying some. Distinct yield increase last year over straight AN from adding fresh potash even here.