NeilT123
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- Location
- West Sussex
I agree and on that land a build policy is needed but it is not something that can be done overnight / in one hit.
Fibrophos/tiger fert V artificial fert
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I agree and on that land a build policy is needed but it is not something that can be done overnight / in one hit.
beaconsboy
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- Location
- south powys
No we haven't. But I think you really need to add water to it so it spreads further. We had a load the other day and it looked damper so should spread better. We love the stuff. The sheep have done really well on the ground we spread it on. It's almost half price to fibrephos. We tried kalphos and didn't do anything in my eyes or tests
Fibrophos 0.12.12 doesn't go any further than 12m and really needs wings on the spreader to do that properly anyway.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
They put the tigerfert on here at 12m.
I put a ton of 0.12.12, or sometimes 1.2t/ha rotationally. Works well. Would soon reduce the viability if I had to pay contractor to put a year's worth on at a time. Infact, I probably wouldn't bother using it. Three years in a go means we can put it on after osr where we have the time in autumn.
I put a ton of 0.12.12, or sometimes 1.2t/ha rotationally. Works well. Would soon reduce the viability if I had to pay contractor to put a year's worth on at a time. Infact, I probably wouldn't bother using it. Three years in a go means we can put it on after osr where we have the time in autumn.
Coximus
Member
they dont seem to be trading any more either.... annoying as Im looking for value ferts given the circumstances currently.Tigerfert had a big advertising banner across the forum screen yesterday
ollie989898
Member
You have much the same attitude I had toward it, if you were doing any serious area then a truckload of fibrophos made a lot more sense than a few bags of TSP or MOP, as you say, it comes with sulphur and trace elements in it as well and the spreading charge is reasonable and soon offset if you are selling the straw.
Dave6170
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- Location
- Watten, caithness
Last I heard £20/t but that was a few months ago
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Not gone up as much, although it does track the global price to an extent.
Always the same though, it will be a lower unit cost than bagged compounds and blends.
Always the same though, it will be a lower unit cost than bagged compounds and blends.
Kalfos have recently agreed a deal with someone in Lincolnshire for 100% of the supply meaning you can no longer purchase ex works, incidentally Autumn 2021 price was 3x the price of Autumn 2020. Hate to think what they want now.
Kalfos or fibrophos?
Steevo
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- Location
- Gloucestershire
I wonder who in Lincolnshire would have that much land that they could hoover up the whole supply of Kalfos.....
- Location
- Huntingdon
be a traderI wonder who in Lincolnshire would have that much land that they could hoover up the whole supply of Kalfos.....
C B
Its a trader/contract spreader
Another trying to capitalise on the fert trade at the expense of farmers?
- Location
- Huntingdon
more probable, but I’m just guessing the makers of Kalfos couldn’t be doing with dealing with dozens if not hundreds of customers and so wanted to simplify off take to someone who is already dealing with hundreds of customers so they can concentrate on their core business and let others concentrate on theirs……
- Location
- Darlington
I probably have this wrong but didn't the people who own Fibrophos buy Kalfos? My rep told me the price of Kalfos had gone up significantly this autumn and this was the reason. I stupidly decided to take a Kalfos/Fibrophos holiday this year on my own land relying on FYM and poultry muck. That I'm now not getting
Yet another case of hindsight being a wonderful thing.
Gator_boy9
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Kalfos £158/t
- Location
- Darlington
I was quoted 86 in the autumn and thought it was to much