Thanks I hadn't seen thatPulling fertilizer out of thin air with solar power
Nitricity has put together an experimental plasma reactor that uses solar electricity to produce competitively priced, environmentally clean, nitrogen fertilizer. Their onsite fertilizer production eliminates emissions from transporting fertilizers, and provides a viable alternative to fossil...pv-magazine-usa.com
This looks interesting.
Perhaps the government ought to be subsidising these to every farm.
@Janet Hughes Defra
I remember reading the trial results, it was carried out by ADAS, possibly something like NT26 trial? Interesting that googling ADAS and fertiliser trial now just comes up with loads of stuff about current inhibitor work. I am afraid this has led me to question just how independent ADAS are although some of their work is really good.PM your email address and I'll see what I can find.
Could be very useful.Thanks I hadn't seen that
Food firms warn of product shortages if CO2 deal not agreed
Food firms warn of product shortages if CO2 deal not agreed
Carbon dioxide, essential in the food industry, could run short again without a new production deal.www.bbc.co.uk
The NT26 was an empirical ADAS trial trying to investigate extremes. All N was applied in one dose in May and plots covered in plastic to collect any gases emitted. This of course had a greenhouse effect and made sure there were gases emitted. (60% loss from urea, 10% from AN I think). However fertiliser manufacturers have milked this to extremes, not surprisingly.I remember reading the trial results, it was carried out by ADAS, possibly something like NT26 trial? Interesting that googling ADAS and fertiliser trial now just comes up with loads of stuff about current inhibitor work. I am afraid this has led me to question just how independent ADAS are although some of their work is really good.
Im hearing eastern europe/ukraine etc have had a very mild winter with very little frost damage and huge potential crops, anyone else heard this?fert is not going down in price, anytime soon. Unless Putin is going to back down, which means he would lose face, which he is not going to like. So NATO and other European countries are moving troops and hardware about. Sweden, the ultra neutral country, has moved it's troops, to re-garrison a strategic island, of its coast, as a direct result of increased soviet interest in it, and would like to join NATO. The danger of things rapidly escalating, are very real. On top of that, China is looking to divert attention away from its rapidly declining economy, and likely to invade Taiwan, if Putin kicks off.
So, all sorts of things will change, even if nothing happens, Germany in particular, relies on energy from Russia, as do many others. They realise that Putin has them firmly grasped, by the short and curlies, they will want to alter that. Alternative sources of energy will need to be found, re-commissioning of coal power stations, is, and will occur. Climate change commitments will not be honoured, they cannot be.
So the unthinkable is now very real, and very close, whether that is by severe sanctions against Russia, or military action, the results will be the same, massive disruption of 'normal' trade routes, already severely compromised by covid. We are certainly going to have a roller coaster year ahead, which will alter food trade routes, ironically in our favour.
Long time til harvestIm hearing eastern europe/ukraine etc have had a very mild winter with very little frost damage and huge potential crops, anyone else heard this?
Long time for prices to drift downward, the concern is paying 600 for fert then getting 150 for wheat at harvest, quite likely now the recent rises are short term supply issues and russia, huge crops from ukraine and russia will ruin the funLong time til harvest
short term wheat, looks plentiful, and prices have eased, traders are thinking going forward, wheat will not be short.Long time for prices to drift downward, the concern is paying 600 for fert then getting 150 for wheat at harvest, quite likely now the recent rises are short term supply issues and russia, huge crops from ukraine and russia will ruin the fun
Prices eased?... Frontier text show a jump of £7 yesterday from Monday for FW and £9 for Milling wheat.short term wheat, looks plentiful, and prices have eased, traders are thinking going forward, wheat will not be short.
They don't seem to realise the political uncertainty, or the affect of fert price, if Putin kicks off, wheat from Russia and Ukraine, is not going to appear, that will have a rather large effect on wheat price, perhaps not the season to sell much forward ?.
plenty of gas coming from 10 Downing St....No mention of the nuclear power plants that need it.....
Easy I guess, if you can source the correct grade UREA from Russia, China or Iran, then distill it in your own chemicals plant to ISO specification; ensuring you have a chemical lab to analyse the final product.How hard is it to make adblue
How hard is it to make adblue
Sell a % forward if you’re worried about prices going downLong time for prices to drift downward, the concern is paying 600 for fert then getting 150 for wheat at harvest, quite likely now the recent rises are short term supply issues and russia, huge crops from ukraine and russia will ruin the fun
thats the ukraine situation not a physical shortagePrices eased?... Frontier text show a jump of £7 yesterday from Monday for FW and £9 for Milling wheat.