Fertiliser Price Tracker

[thorpe]

Better farmer than me if you can earn enough in 4 years to pay for the fifth. I remember years ago telling you that if your farm is as heavy and wet as you say it should be grass. Your strategy of not buying makes more sense in the light of that but don't expect everyone else to be in a similar position.

does staffordshire have any heavy land? or do they think they have?

 

[DRC]

No end of people have cut their application levels down. Some as low as 60kg/ha on wheat Which is just foolish.

C B

Depends on the situation .
my first wheats came out of the winter looking very well, so I’ve only applied 100 units . Looking ok this evening . Proof will be at harvest, but happy with my decision .

 

[lloyd]

Depends on the situation .
my first wheats came out of the winter looking very well, so I’ve only applied 100 units . Looking ok this evening . Proof will be at harvest, but happy with my decision .

What was the previous crop?

 

[teslacoils]

It's the turds and the soil. My brother will have some cracking wheat but the land it's on has a legacy of loads of turds and grass.

 

[DRC]

What was the previous crop?

Maize with plenty of pig muck under it

 

[Bigjon44]

I've reduced by 30kg/ha N hoping they the boffins were right and with the dry winter we would have 50kg N carry over. Also gone on over 4 splits, using slightly more snake oil (Uplift and Ultrisha) everything looks well to date.

How did you get on with utrisha?

 

[Renaultman]

How did you get on with utrisha?

Just trying it missed a few tramlines to see if I can notice any effect. Without yield meter on the combine it will be hard to get a very good test. Applied on its own very easy to out through sprayer.

 

[le bon paysan]

i dont get this 2t a beast!

Feed Conversion Rate. The bigger the beast, the worse the FCR drops. Starts at 1kgs of meat for 4/5kgs of cereal to 1 kg of meat to 10kgs(or more) of cereal. Takes 5kgs of cereal to hold a 500kg beast at that weight.

 

[Tarw Coch]

Feed Conversion Rate. The bigger the beast, the worse the FCR drops. Starts at 1kgs of meat for 4/5kgs of cereal to 1 kg of meat to 10kgs(or more) of cereal. Takes 5kgs of cereal to hold a 500kg beast at that weight.

How on earth do grass fed cattle manage?
They must get poorer by the day

 

[redsloe]

How on earth do grass fed cattle manage?
They must get poorer by the day

Sell them at 21mths as stores?
Silly money sometimes it seems.
Don't understand how finishers can do it without from the better terms they recieve!

 

[curlietailz]

Why do you think RPA announced 50% BPS early ?
So people would buy some fert !

 

[teslacoils]

Why do you think RPA announced 50% BPS early ?
So people would buy some fert !

tbh I forgot about that.

 

[BenAdamsAgri]

Why do you think RPA announced 50% BPS early ?
So people would buy some fert !

bit more than a coincidence

 

[Woldmarsh Producers]

CF volumes are on allocation. Wholesalers don’t have the volume to offer to buying groups.

Good morning. I just wanted to respond to your comment regarding buying groups and volumes available. It is absolutely correct that some products have been on allocation across the entire UK, whether to merchant or to buying group. Therefore, across the board, supply issues have prevailed and will continue to do so. However, while I appreciate "buying groups" to be a very general reference, I wanted to be absolutely clear that many Woldmarsh members have been planning forward purchases, considering alternatives well in advance and were able to book their solid fertilizers to the tonnage of their choice. My thanks go to all of our fertilizer suppliers who have supported the group so well. Written by Heather Claridge (Fertilizer Manager and incoming CEO of Woldmarsh)

 

[Gedd]

Why do you think RPA announced 50% BPS early ?
So people would buy some fert !

What will happen in 5 years or so when bps is a mere memory

 

[Renaultman]

What will happen in 5 years or so when bps is a mere memory

Bread beef and beer will be 4 times current prices and we will be able to go to the pub in our new Land Rover Defenders and bragg that we don't get any subsidies. Or maybe not, it's anyone's guess

 

[teslacoils]

What will happen in 5 years or so when bps is a mere memory

Ah we will have the "British Production Suppliment". A flat rate £100/ac for all lowland, and a headage payment for stock. This will require much govt expenditure on a brand new IT solution, outsourced to an IT company via its Cayman Island subsiduary and featuring the patronage of many ex-MPs on its board.

 

[DrDunc]

Ah we will have the "British Production Suppliment". A flat rate £100/ac for all lowland, and a headage payment for stock. This will require much govt expenditure on a brand new IT solution, outsourced to an IT company via its Cayman Island subsiduary and featuring the patronage of many ex-MPs on its board.

Ahh, you've also noticed how efficiently parliamentary elite profit from previous IT solutions

Of course, it won't be a flat rate fee and headage payment the new IT system will oversee.....

...... It'll be an assurance scheme that requires total compliance to permit sale of produce

We'll pay for membership, annual inspection, and access to the central database that keeps our records

In return for adhering to ever more ludicrous lengthy laws, they won't permit the market to be swamped by totally unregulated imports

(Well just a bit swamped, not totally)

 

[teslacoils]

Well, they can rent all my land from me in return for simply delivering one ton of wheat per acre to my central storage space. Bit like British Sugar. See if they can do better.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Anyone want to risk ordering some cheap urea straight from China?