BERRY Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 we took delivery of 30 600kg bags today dont know the exact figure but was around 8000 :o :o Quote
CJ Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 simple far tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!! :'( Quote
Big A Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 my mate ordered fert for sowing winter barley after harvest and it was ?450 per tonne he got told to order plenty as it could be up to ?550 by harvest :o Quote
nashmach Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 simple far tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!! :'( Got to agree it seems to be going up by ?20 a tonne every 2 weeks over here - no point in cereal/beef/milk prices going up if fertiliser/spray and diesel are all increasing still only the same bottom line - hence why I cannot understand some people going mad buying machinery Quote
Big A Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 Got to agree it seems to be going up by €20 a tonne every 2 weeks over here - no point in cereal/beef/milk prices going up if fertiliser/spray and diesel are all increasing still only the same bottom line - hence why I cannot understand some people going mad buying machinery your not the only one thats thinking that Quote
BERRY Posted April 24, 2008 Author Posted April 24, 2008 its actually scary were buying all ours now and storing it think thats the cheapest way was talking to a man today that delivers fertliser /mccelvy bros ballinahinch and they say that they cant get fertliser to the farmer wuick enough bacause its going up in price and the grass and cereals are dying out for it Quote
CJ Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 Got to agree it seems to be going up by ?20 a tonne every 2 weeks over here - no point in cereal/beef/milk prices going up if fertiliser/spray and diesel are all increasing still only the same bottom line - hence why I cannot understand some people going mad buying machinery well atleat the G-lime has stayed the same needed quite a bit of that this year understand what you mean my neighbour has went mad buying over the last 18 months new t7040 new redrock th 280s new lemken saphir 7 drill new front press new 14t kane new overum 5 furrow new bogballe 2t sower and is talking about a new mchale fusion and trading in the tm 135 for a t6070/80 it beggars belive then theres two brother on seprate farms built/building cubicle sheds for upto 350 cows both sheds cover nearly an acre of ground how they can justify it i dont know Quote
allis8550 Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 A mate of mine has been quoted ?390/ton for straight nitrogen this week. Quote
CJ Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 well we got g-lime at 110/t, goulding can 27.5 at 350/t, 25-0-5 at 285/t and we got potash as well but dont know how much and diesel is over 58ppl as well with us we got a fill 10 days ago and the day after it went up 8ppl my dad said he should have bought 5000L Quote
jdc Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 Just bought some 0:24:24 for a neighbour - ?447 I did mine in the autumn and was moaning at ?175... Quote
Murray Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 300 a tonne i over herd someone saying that a man had to pay 700'000 for some stuff god knows how many bags Quote
Tractorman810 Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 300 a tonne i over herd someone saying that a man had to pay 700'000 for some stuff god knows how many bags 700,000 that seems a big figure, thats 3/4 of a mill near on, going by jdcs last quote thats about 1566 bags , you sure thats right murray? Quote
CJ Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 700,000 that seems a big figure, thats 3/4 of a mill near on, going by jdcs last quote thats about 1566 bags , you sure thats right murray? well my job in hertfordshire last year the bill for all fert and spray was 700,000 and that was to cover near 6000 acres wouldnt like too see it this year Quote
Murray Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 700,000 that seems a big figure, thats 3/4 of a mill near on, going by jdcs last quote thats about 1566 bags , you sure thats right murray? yes i am right over the whole year and stuff i think it was not to sure Quote
Pingu Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 Its around ?320 a tonne well was last week for liquid fert Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.