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bobk

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Dermot Nolan, director at Fingleton Strategic Consultancy and former chief executive of Ofgem, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme gas prices have increased not just in Britain but all over the world, with "Germany and Spain experiencing similar types of increases".
He said "high gas and high electricity prices will be sustained for the next three to four months" and that it was difficult to see what the government could do about it.
 

bankrupt

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No fizzy drinks
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This I getting serious
Even the Mail has jumped on the bandwagon, with a typically erroneous explanation :-

Two of England's biggest fertiliser plants - which use carbon dioxide to produce ammonium nitrate, which is then used by farmers for their crops - have shut down, leaving bosses concerned over the potential consequences for family essentials


  • Two of England's biggest fertiliser plants - which use carbon dioxide to produce ammonium nitrate, which is then used by farmers for their crops - have shut down, leaving bosses concerned over the potential consequences for family essentials
:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
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Dermot Nolan, director at Fingleton Strategic Consultancy and former chief executive of Ofgem, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme gas prices have increased not just in Britain but all over the world, with "Germany and Spain experiencing similar types of increases".
He said "high gas and high electricity prices will be sustained for the next three to four months" and that it was difficult to see what the government could do about it.
Germany is a lot more reliant on gas than the U.K. lot of it from Russia. I’m surprised that the Russians haven’t taken more advantage of it in the last few years. The green lobby which have persuaded the government and joe public that coal is the demon may change their minds when there is a genuine threat to the electric supply
 

bankrupt

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teslacoils

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Arable Farmer
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Lincolnshire
Care to elaborate?

I’m a grass based dairy farmer.

Nitrogen at £1 per kilo N is still the best paying input for my farm.

Putting in all my fert at today's prices, I'm still better off growing wheat. I can't grow a crop rotation without it.

No doubt you will know if, at these prices, you are going to adjust your fert inputs onto your grass, and if that is profitable re milk.

My ryegrass is my biggest use of nitrogen. I've not done the figures. I suspect third cut may not be worth it. A late extra nitrogen application to push milling protein currently isn't worth it.
 

bankrupt

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Nitrogen at £1 per kilo N is still the best paying input for my farm.
Rule of thumb is 1% reduction in rate for every 10% increase in price of N and 1% increase for every 10% increase in price of wheat.

With AN at £500 and wheat at £200 we'd be looking to cut back by 7-8% on last year figures.

But, fortunately, it's all in the shed at £275 so probably we'll go for a 2-3% increase here.
 

Hindsight

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Lincolnshire
Even the Mail has jumped on the bandwagon, with a typically erroneous explanation :-

Two of England's biggest fertiliser plants - which use carbon dioxide to produce ammonium nitrate, which is then used by farmers for their crops - have shut down, leaving bosses concerned over the potential consequences for family essentials's biggest fertiliser plants - which use carbon dioxide to produce ammonium nitrate, which is then used by farmers for their crops - have shut down, leaving bosses concerned over the potential consequences for family essentials


  • Two of England's biggest fertiliser plants - which use carbon dioxide to produce ammonium nitrate, which is then used by farmers for their crops - have shut down, leaving bosses concerned over the potential consequences for family essentials
:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Yes, the journos get in a muddle about technical detail. In The Times the emphsis was on AN being explosive and dangerous to transport.
 

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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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