Wheat into orbit

Flatlander

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Arable Farmer
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Lorette Manitoba
The opposite has happened last year with Canada droughts and the failure of pulse crops - which would have put Nitrogen in the ground.
Correct. My soil tests have come back very high in N I think the crops pushed roots down deep to follow moisture and the n that was applied was stranded in the dry soil above Good position to be in but not sure if I’m cutting back any, grain Prices are good so cutting back doesn’t seem a good policy.
 

glasshouse

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Location
lothians
Correct. My soil tests have come back very high in N I think the crops pushed roots down deep to follow moisture and the n that was applied was stranded in the dry soil above Good position to be in but not sure if I’m cutting back any, grain Prices are good so cutting back doesn’t seem a good policy.
What are you paying for urea?
 
Correct. My soil tests have come back very high in N I think the crops pushed roots down deep to follow moisture and the n that was applied was stranded in the dry soil above Good position to be in but not sure if I’m cutting back any, grain Prices are good so cutting back doesn’t seem a good policy.


Are fertiliser prices similar to the UK ? £650+ a tonne here.
 

Flatlander

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lorette Manitoba
Why is gas so expensive in Canada? U have loads?
Canada i feel is foolish as they sell so much to the US for feck all. Trade deals done a long time ago I think but at home we pay more than the us does. That said it is priced where the fertilizer companies think the market will stand. As with any product it will be sold at as high a price as they can. Most of our urea come up the Mississippi on barges then by train into a terminal at bloom west of Winnipeg 50 miles. Phos from Florida I was told. im at the furthest point from any sea port so shipping gets costly.
 

glasshouse

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Location
lothians
Canada i feel is foolish as they sell so much to the US for feck all. Trade deals done a long time ago I think but at home we pay more than the us does. That said it is priced where the fertilizer companies think the market will stand. As with any product it will be sold at as high a price as they can. Most of our urea come up the Mississippi on barges then by train into a terminal at bloom west of Winnipeg 50 miles. Phos from Florida I was told. im at the furthest point from any sea port so shipping gets costly.
So why not make urea in canada?
 

glasshouse

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Location
lothians
Canada i feel is foolish as they sell so much to the US for feck all. Trade deals done a long time ago I think but at home we pay more than the us does. That said it is priced where the fertilizer companies think the market will stand. As with any product it will be sold at as high a price as they can. Most of our urea come up the Mississippi on barges then by train into a terminal at bloom west of Winnipeg 50 miles. Phos from Florida I was told. im at the furthest point from any sea port so shipping gets costly.
So its a cartel
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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