Fertiliser Price Tracker

[ajd132]

still the best way to transfer assets over 30 yr period will always appreciate in value

Land values have actually come down

 

[lloyd]

Is land ownership the be all and end all?

Why rent an office if you can buy it over 10
years by not having to pay the rent?
Interest rates have never been cheaper.

 

[county down]

Why rent an office if you can buy it over 10
years by not having to pay the rent?
Interest rates have never been cheaper.

you cannot farm without land

 

[ajd132]

Why rent an office if you can buy it over 10
years by not having to pay the rent?
Interest rates have never been cheaper.

Better to farm land for other people and invest the profit in higher yielding businesses than land? (I’m not saying I would do this but just being devils advocate)

 

[ajd132]

you cannot farm without land

Plenty now have land that cannot farm

 

[county down]

Land values have actually come down

i do not see any cheap land at the moment in uk or ireland

 

[county down]

Plenty now have land that cannot farm

you are right there

 

[ajd132]

i do not see any cheap land at the moment in uk or ireland

It’s still not cheap obviously but has come down from about 4/5 years ago

 

[county down]

It’s still not cheap obviously but has come down from about 4/5 years ago

not round here it hasnt

 

[ajd132]

not round here it hasnt

I don’t think it will drop much unless tax laws change

 

[Spencer]

Plenty now have land that cannot farm

‘Twas ever thus

 

[texelburger]

It’s still not cheap obviously but has come down from about 4/5 years ago

Around us land is still on the rise, a reasonable acreage (ie 50/100 acres) can still be £15000 plus

 

[ajd132]

Around us land is still on the rise, a reasonable acreage (ie 50/100 acres) can still be £15000 plus

That is huge, what sort of land?

 

[texelburger]

That is huge, what sort of land?

Generally good ground capable of big yields although that may not be the primary reason.AD,Spud and fruit farms all willing to expand and money is cheap at the moment.

 

[steveR]

Around us land is still on the rise, a reasonable acreage (ie 50/100 acres) can still be £15000 plus

With the price of 2nd hand kit as well, it's tempting to sell up and move somewhere a long way away.

But who would want me....or Herself...?

 

[redsloe]

I’m going to be very smug now. We bought a massive fuel tank when the price was at its lowest last year and have just started to use it. But being no till we don’t use a lot. We also bought most of our fert at the end of last season.
im sure the luck with the crystal ball will run out soon though, it doesn’t always go to plan.

That might buy you one extra year, then you'll be the same as the rest if us.

Unless you retire

 

[ajd132]

That might buy you one extra year, then you'll be the same as the rest if us.

Unless you retire

Quite right

 

[4course]

at what point does the law of dimishing returns re fert costs and grain price kick in?
the whole world or at least those producing the same/similar crops to me and most of us are facing a choice as to either how much we spend on fert or do we accept a smaller yield, and apply less, im starting to think we/me could reduce fert purchases and that extra 1/2 ton that may or not bethere will be more than compensated by an increase due to a reduction in world wide fert applications thus smaller yields( at least northern hemisphere ) as to theprice of grsain but then if what im thinking is more than 1/2 right do I still bang it on

 

[yellow belly]

if overall world grain production dropped 10% what would the price do?

Double world grain production is 2.5 billion tonnes
250 million tonnes less yield and it wipes out the world reserves

combined with a drought in a major producer and most governments would have food rationing

 

[yellow belly]

at what point does the law of dimishing returns re fert costs and grain price kick in?
the whole world or at least those producing the same/similar crops to me and most of us are facing a choice as to either how much we spend on fert or do we accept a smaller yield, and apply less, im starting to think we/me could reduce fert purchases and that extra 1/2 ton that may or not bethere will be more than compensated by an increase due to a reduction in world wide fert applications thus smaller yields( at least northern hemisphere ) as to theprice of grsain but then if what im thinking is more than 1/2 right do I still bang it on

Last 50 kg is very marginal in many years

see plenty of trials on n fertiliser where the 0 n base is more than 7 tonnes perha

the big issue is bread milling wheat and protein levels