Fertiliser Price Tracker

[Southwestmassive]

Urea up $50 again today on the back of the latest Indian tender. $1000 Fob is just around the corner.
£705 is a fantastic price.
I’d imagine you will see merchants pulling terms in the morning.

 

[JCfarmer]

Got yours ? you're not looking very happy ,

Bought half of it early doors and the rest at the beginning of September, all Urea.
I need a smug look?
Seriously though the last bit was bought about a week before all this sillyness kicked off! More luck than judgement I can assure you, nearly said sod it and wait till the spring!
Good luck to all still needing to buy fert, I say this with all sincerity.

 

[Old apprentice]

It will be a serious situation for those that have not managed to get cover even for those that have cover next year to start to purchase where will it be priced that brings the question of crop prices and livestock milk etc.

 

[Shebb90]

We are covered for spring, all brought and in shed....... Should we be buying now for second cut???

 

[lloyd]

My agronmist never said jack sh!t , says it all really

I thought you did your own agronomy .

 

[bobk]

I thought you did your own agronomy .

Depends who's asking . ha ha

 

[yellow belly]

Quoted £650 Pulan, £720 Urea 16 Tns Nov delivery and payment
Bought Granular Urea , all for grassland, 16 tn will get me just past first cut.

Mad I know but at least its done. Just hope it turns up.

Ordered some 2 weeks ago got call they they wanted to deliver this week

 

[lloyd]

Ordered some 2 weeks ago got call they they wanted to deliver this week

Foreign?

 

[Southwestmassive]

One thing positive about this market:
I haven’t had one delivery refusal in the last 6 weeks.
Always seem to find space when it’s sold at £300+ below the current market.

 

[woodylane]

Do agronomists do nutrient management plans . Ive never asked for one as I’m quite capable of deciding how much fertiliser to use myself . Do they charge for this service ?

We can do, it’s upto the agronomist if they charge for it.

 

[The Agrarian]

Are we talking actual GB pounds here, or monopoly pounds?

 

[thorpe]

last load of n delivered this afternoon , just the sulpher n outstanding when thats in the shed the job can do what it wants! mop and dap for the spring are a laugh, have enough mop for the beet in the shed so its just the salt and we will shut the door!

 

[Water Wheel]

Urea up $50 again today on the back of the latest Indian tender. $1000 Fob is just around the corner.
£705 is a fantastic price.
I’d imagine you will see merchants pulling terms in the morning.

Is there a web site with upto date world market price of urea ?
Quick Google didn't bring one up for me.

 

[glasshouse]

One thing positive about this market:
I haven’t had one delivery refusal in the last 6 weeks.
Always seem to find space when it’s sold at £300+ below the current market.

Imagine if that happened with wheat

 

[Southwestmassive]

Is there a web site with upto date world market price of urea ?
Quick Google didn't bring one up for me.

Won’t find it on there.
I get info from various manufacturers and traders. But also the reliable (ish) fert rags: ICIS, Profercy, IHS MARKIT, etc.

 

[fertman21]

We are covered for spring, all brought and in shed....... Should we be buying now for second cut???

There will be price reductions in April/May so you could wait for some reductions to filter through, but doing this you risk being at the back of a very long que of farmers still waiting for first applications. if you are talking full truck loads then you might be ok but if it's 10 ton to West Wales they you may want to think again. The problem is that when the price of gas is falling through spring and early summer, fertiliser manufacturers won't exactly be falling over themselves to fire these plants up and start selling. you will see these manufacturers mostly coming back into the market in mid summer when the gas is cheapest.

 

[More to life]

There will be price reductions in April/May so you could wait for some reductions to filter through, but doing this you risk being at the back of a very long que of farmers still waiting for first applications. if you are talking full truck loads then you might be ok but if it's 10 ton to West Wales they you may want to think again. The problem is that when the price of gas is falling through spring and early summer, fertiliser manufacturers won't exactly be falling over themselves to fire these plants up and start selling. you will see these manufacturers mostly coming back into the market in mid summer when the gas is cheapest.

At the end of the day fert manufacturing doesn't make much money on shut down, a rebalanceing will come but not at a level we're accustomed too.

 

[yellow belly]

Is there not 2 shortages
Not enough trucks but also trucks not getting as much moved in a week as they did befor COVID

and a shortage of U.K. produced fertiliser as cf have reduced production

being pushed to take delivery but have no space plenty of Fert at the other end

as for price it will only fall when the supply is higher than demand

the biggest problem I here is logistics
On farm we can turn round a collection or a delivery in under half an hour
Why every other industrial of distribution centre cannot do the same

mills taking hours to unload
Distribution centres not able to turn round truck in less than an hour ect

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Just the sheer volume of trucks at distribution centres though isn’t it?

 

[B'o'B]

Just the sheer volume of trucks at distribution centres though isn’t it?

But isn't that what they are designed to handle "efficiently"?