Fertiliser Price Tracker

[Farma Parma]

A quick tot up, 10 heaps of roughly 500 ton each. Easily £1m. Sounds a lot but plenty of dairy farms round me will have that sitting in the yard as cows and tackle.

Peanuts to them vast business's

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

Any liquid prices out?

 

[Brisel]

Any liquid prices out?

I haven't had any from my buying group yet. They normally follow a couple of weeks into the campaign. I've got a provisional order in already.

 

[pine_guy]

No money in dairy ?

Hope there is, I've just started in it this year. Over £1000 value per cow, £1-2000 in infrastructure plus parlour and some machinery. You do the maths.
anyway, I had prices on Yara last that looked dear compared to those quoted above. Have enough in the shed to cover what I need after the dismal crop of silage I picked up yesterday. And it won’t get spread till it rains, so not going anywhere soon by the looks. So I’m sitting tight.

 

[poppy]

Yep plenty of other people who sell fertilizer

I don’t think so certainly wasn’t closed when I spoke to my local rep this morning

 

[Top Tip.]

No money in dairy ?

Aye, but how big is there overdraft??

 

[beefandsleep]

No money in dairy [emoji848]

There’s plenty of money in it and zero risk as when the shite hits the fan and you’ve over extended yourself with borrowing and bidding sky high rents for extra silage ground you can get a hardship grant[emoji106]winner winner. Tempted myself ??

 

[Chae1]

I haven't had any from my buying group yet. They normally follow a couple of weeks into the campaign. I've got a provisional order in already.

Your successor might prefer granular!

 

[Steevo]

Your successor might prefer granular!

Successor?!

 

[Brisel]

Your successor might prefer granular!

They might indeed, but since there isn’t one yet I’m still preparing for next season. Besides, the policy of all liquid for N was agreed with the board I answer to. At 36m it will be blue bag anyway which costs the same for the product.

 

[Beef farmer]

Successor?!

Brisel is coming to cornwall milking cows next season

 

[Top Tip.]

Brisel is coming to cornwall milking cows next season

And they say there’s no money in milk.???

 

[Beef farmer]

And they say there’s no money in milk.???

There loads, just shame it's easy come easy go. It's being disciplined enough to keep some of it. #drought2020 is robbing most at the moment

 

[pappuller]

And they say there’s no money in milk.[emoji4][emoji4][emoji389]

There is but generally for everyone else other than the farmer

 

[Top Tip.]

There is but generally for everyone else other than the farmer

I think you can say that for most types of farming.

 

[Flat 10]

Interesting you say this.

I'm planning on doing some testing next year to see how much difference sulphur makes to the uptake of N in our crops. Currently apply 100kg SO3 to each field but it's not my favourite job when it's already a busy time of year.

In what form? It’s good to do trials.

 

[Chae1]

Interesting you say this.

I'm planning on doing some testing next year to see how much difference sulphur makes to the uptake of N in our crops. Currently apply 100kg SO3 to each field but it's not my favourite job when it's already a busy time of year.

I've done trials on silage aftermath. The difference in initial regrowth was dramatic with the sulphur side looking much greener and longer. Can't remember there being a huge difference when it was cut again. Would need yield monitoring on chopper to measure accurately.

 

[Flat 10]

Goodness this thread has got exciting @Brisel has a new job and @pine_guy has gone into dairy. Good luck both of you, is there threads where I can read more of your endeavours? Just fascinated to hear about a new dairy set up.

 

[Adeptandy]

Been optimist and booked a lorry load for my small patch ?

 

[Fuzzy]

Price needs to drop further imo, the gas price has dropped nearly 40% since this time last year !!!