Is that allowed under EU law , fukin doubt it
Creative wording like bobk?Ah, you've just got to be creative with the wording. Bps hardship top-up, who knows. Just give it a weird name and crack on.
Is that allowed under EU law , fukin doubt it
Creative wording like bobk?Ah, you've just got to be creative with the wording. Bps hardship top-up, who knows. Just give it a weird name and crack on.
That just about sums our idiots up!UK govt more likely to announce subsidies for grain imports to keep down prices for consumers and fertilizer rationing to keep down profit-led demand from farmers.
I couldn’t have put it better myselfCreative wording like bobk?
cheap compared with ukUrea 800€ tonne, ordered some.
I ordered exactly the same analysis for a bit less cost [-£60/ton] last week, probably because I want a full artic load and the price was increased a couple of hours after my order was placed. It may well be the same stuff exactly but in Origin branded bags. This is equal to £2.50/kilo N with the P K and S effectively free… see below for Nitram cost.Wynnstay Top crop blend 27-3-3 + 10sulphur £741 Just ordered 15T
Bugger with the 60 quid extra and bugger with the quarantined ship I ordered 15T of cf nitram in January at £650, extremely painful at the time but good job I didI ordered exactly the same analysis for a bit less cost [-£60/ton] last week, probably because I want a full artic load and the price was increased a couple of hours after my order was placed. It may well be the same stuff exactly but in Origin branded bags. This is equal to £2.50/kilo N with the P K and S effectively free… see below for Nitram cost.
Had phonecall today to inform me that the ship has been ‘quarantined’, which probably means that it is either Russian owned or registered or that its cargo is Russian, and that it will be delayed by at least two weeks. I suspect that there is a possibility that it will never arrive.
At the same time as I was quoted for the Origin, I was also offered CF Nitram at £955/ton. £2.76 per kiloN
But you need £300 to make a profit at these costs?Wish I had bought more urea at £830 for next year, wheat ar £200 still offers good profits.
Can’t see either dropping below that for a long time?
No you don’t!But you need £300 to make a profit at these costs?
At £1000/ton N = £50/cwtNo you don’t!
£20/acre profit on 4500 acres gives you a good living.But you need £300 to make a profit at these costs?
Depends how much N cover you have going into 2023 and how much you’ll have to pay for the balance.No you don’t!
What's surprising me is how much cash there seems to be knocking about to pay for it. Other farmers have been doing a lot better than I thought.Do not think myself physically capable of writing out a cheque for £29k for a load of fertiliser.
I'm still thinking gap year and concentrate on the sheep.
Mostly rich dairy farmers buying it now though!What's surprising me is how much cash there seems to be knocking about to pay for it. Other farmers have been doing a lot better than I thought.
£20/acre profit on 4500 acres gives you a good living.
FssSeed no dressing £80/haAt £1000/ton N = £50/cwt
Old fashioned… wheat at 4cwt/acre = 170kg/ha = £200/acre in N
Seed at £600/ton and 12stone/acre =
£45/acre
Spray… who knows. Let’s say £100/acre
P&K ?? Gotta give it a bit. Say 1cwt
£50/acre
Variable costs = £395/acre
Selling wheat forward at £250
So that means 1.58ton/acre is for Variale costs
At 170kg/ha N you might expect a 3 ton crop??
3x £250 = 750. - £395 = £355 Gross Margin.
IF you get a 3 ton crop
If you lock in £250/ron
If it’s not a wet harvest and drying costs are extortionate
If diesel doesn’t rise above £1/l
If you have the cash available to buy a £29000 + VAT load of fertilizer ( it was around £8500 last year)
If you can face the high stake risks
wheat may be growable at £1000/t fert
Bullsh*t?On another note has anyone seen the video of George Eustice saying there is enough organic manure in the uk to replace the whole fertiliser requirement of the uk that comes in bags?