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Spring Outlook Harvesting in the north is underway with Chickpea yields showing good numbers. Crops in Southern QLD and Northern NSW areas are looking good, with forecasts of above average yields. Unfortunately parts of the south are looking patching, with some growers counting the cost of frost damage and low seasonal rainfall, especially in VIC and SA. Many southern growers have turned to baling struggling crops. With these factors in play, the Rural Bank is forecasting national wheat production for the 24/25 year to fall to around 30Mt, Barley ~11Mt and Canola ~5 Mt. Cotton planting is well under way in QLD and NSW with talk of 400,000 ha to be planted across the country.

Fertiliser Pricing Update Thankfully for farmers, most fertiliser prices have been relatively flat for the year, with global demand only just starting to firm the price of nitrogen and phosphate products. With relatively flat pricing and potential for further global shocks, now is a great time to lock in fertiliser for your summer crop requirements. PRICING The Urea market has remained in the mid 600 – 700 range for the majority of the year with bulk urea prices now back in the mid 600’s ex Eastern ports. Phosphate prices on the global market have been flat with AP’s trading in mid-$1000’s for most of the year. Single Super is trading in the low $400’s ex eastern ports SUPPLY The Middle East Conflict has the potential to cause volatility in the market, especially with Urea pricing as production and shipping could be disrupted. Urea supply between now and New year looks reliable as many importers have good supply on the ground and on vessel. Pricing is rising slightly and needs monitoring with potential further escalation in the Middle East and China limiting exports. Phosphate pricing is forecasted to remain firm with reduced Chinese supply and an uplift in global demand. Supply chain issues and the threat of global events remain ever present, so we advise farmers to be organised and secure volume in advance to suit operational timing. If you are after firm fertiliser prices, please contact us for pricing and options.

Fertiliser Sales Role Vacancies  We are looking for Fertiliser Sales people to join our team. These are exciting roles, that are far from being desk bound and you’ll be working with a great team. The roles can be based at Burleigh or working remotely in regional areas. Pacific Fertiliser is on an exciting growth trajectory so now is a great time to get on board. https://www.seek.com.au/job/79152862?ref=direct-share-hirer-jobs-list

Deep Phosphorous Placement Long-term research has found that deep banding phosphorus between 10 and 30 cm deep has boosted crop yields for some central and southern Queensland grain growers by more than 10 per cent compared to surface applications. Nutrients in shallow topsoils can be used inefficiently in dry land  rain-fed cropping, if those layers remain dry for extended periods. This can make those nutrients inaccessible to plants, where as deep placement of nutrients can place fertilisers into soil moisture making them more available. In another GRDC ripping and deep placement trial in WA it found that applying both gypsum and nitrogen resulted in the greatest density of roots throughout the soil profile. The depth was 55cm and the results were compared to ripping only and ripping with nitrogen. Source: GRDC’s various trials papers on deep placement of nutrients.

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We are seeking a highly motivated Fertiliser Sales people to join the Sales Team based in the Burleigh Office or remotely in regional areas.  If you have the passion for agriculture and logistics, we aim to create a first rate experience for our customers.

The positions will report to the General Manager and its primary purpose is to provide high level assistance to the sales team and customers.  You will be a real team player who will work with the business to ensure outstanding customer service on a national basis. The role requires someone who has the ability to quickly develop rapport on the phone as you will be dealing with range of farming and civil customers.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Generating new orders
• Processing customer orders
• Ensure paperwork is accurate and compliant
• Deliver prompt and efficient sales support
• Answering customer enquiries by phone and email
• Adhoc duties

Ideally the successful candidate will possess the following skills and experience:

• Experience in Sales, Customer Service, & Order Processing
• Knowledge of the agricultural, civil or logistics industry will be highly regarded
• Highly organised with ability to meet deadlines.
• Flexibility and willingness to undertake a variety of duties.
• A team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong proficiency in computer skills, particularly the MS Office suite of applications.
• Self-motivated, logical and analytical thinker with ability to plan and co-ordinate workflows and performance effectively and without supervision.

Training will be provided for the right candidate to settle into the role.

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Pacific Fertiliser specialises in B2B wholesale fertiliser sales. We specialise in fertiliser trading and delivery on the east coast of Australia.

The Pacific Fertiliser team specialises in providing a more personalised approach to fertiliser procurement and delivery, giving your team more time to focus on what matters most — your customers!

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There are numerous urea coatings available to assist the plant uptake of nitrogen from Urea, to increase timing flexibility and also reduce loses and emissions from Urea applications.

Pacific Fertiliser can assist you with the procurement of Urea for your farming operations and provide options for coatings during the season depending on timing and weather constraints.

Urea coating colours can vary from blue urea, pink urea, green urea etc. Urea coating colours can vary due to the type of product requested and the supplier on the urea inhibitor.

Please click for more info on Urea coatings 

Watch the N-Shield video on YouTube to see a simple volatilisation comparison between treated and un-treated urea.

For urea treatment pricing please contact the office ph 1300474497.

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The Pacific Fertiliser team will be attending the 2024 Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast.

We look forward to viewing all of the latest technology for growing and processing cotton.

It us also a great time to catch up with growers and industry colleagues.

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Pacific Fertiliser aims to create a simpler method to order fertiliser and crop input products for your farming operations.

The business simplifies the port to paddock process of fertiliser sales and ag mineral sales to enable farm managers to free up more time for other critical decisions.

The Pacific Fertiliser sales team assists the customers where possible with fertiliser market and pricing advice to enable more educated decisions around pricing, availability and timing.

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The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has released it’s final grains video update under it’s agreement with the Grains Research & Development Corporation. The goal of these videos is to improve understanding of how short-term weather connects to long-term climate through analysis and education on global models, how climate drivers provide ground-truthing to those models, and expert meteorologist insights.

• Grains video update for QLD/NSW can be found here
• Grains video update for SA/VIC/TAS can be found here
• Grains video update for WA can be found here

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Winter Sowing

Sowing is off to a good start with soil moisture profiles looking very healthy in most regions, with potentially more rain to follow this week. Harvesting of sorghum and cotton in the north continues to provide mixed results, but overall confidence in the industry is high with moisture, water and stock prices on the rise.

Fertiliser Pricing Update

Thankfully for farmers, most fertiliser prices have been relatively flat for the start of the year, even with the current global events.

PRICING

The Urea market has again shown volatility during the start of the year with bulk urea prices now back in the low 600’s ex Eastern ports (down from mid 700’s). There is a large volume of urea on the water, but discharge timing will be critical to supply the Eastern top dressing window.

Phosphate prices on the global market have been flat with AP’s trading in mid $1000’s. Domestic stock levels of AP’s on the East Coast are very low esp in the south. Single Super is trading in the low $400’s ex eastern ports.

SUPPLY

Global supply chains have been disrupted by the recent overseas conflicts, leading to most fertiliser products being in short supply domestically. Port congestion on the East Coast of Australia is also delaying fertiliser ships discharging by up to 28 days.

A Port Operator comment in April was “We are facing very severe Port congestion, especially in the Newcastle and Geelong footprints, to put it into perspective there are 18 Vessels off Newcastle all trying to dock and 14 are fertiliser vessels, all booked to discharge at the same berth.”

Supply chain issues remain an issue, so we advise farmers to be organised and to secure volume well in advance.

If you are after firm fertiliser prices, please contact us for pricing and options.

Soil Carbon Discovery

Adding calcium to soils can help increase organic matter & trap more Carbon.

Carbon, which makes up about half of the organic matter in soil, is incredibly important to soil properties. Soils with good Organic Carbon (OC) levels are better at holding on to water in drought conditions and they’re more resistant to erosion. Soils with higher amounts of OC are also able to deliver nutrients more efficiently to plants and promote plant growth.

The importance of Calcium as a mediator of microbe-mineral-organic matter interactions and resulting Soil OC transformation has been largely overlooked. An experiment at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station proved this connection. “We showed that by adding calcium to soil, we changed the community of microbes in the soil and the way they process organic matter,” says lead researcher Itamar Shabtai, an assistant scientist at the  Connecticut Ag station. “They processed it in a more efficient manner – more carbon was retained in the soil and less was lost to the atmosphere as CO2.

“Now that we have a better understanding of how calcium can impact how microbes improve soil carbon, we can perhaps use soil amendments that contain calcium and are already being used by farmers – such as lime and gypsum – in a way that can benefit soil organic matter.”

The full report of the study can be found at the following link.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42291-6.

Referenced Authors –  Itamar A. Shabtai, Roland C. Wilhelm, Steffen A. Schweizer, Carmen Höschen, Daniel H. Buckley & Johannes Lehmann

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The Pacific Fertiliser team are bulk fertiliser specialists.

We can make running your operations easier though making fertiliser decisions, timing and deliveries easier. Allowing your business more time to concentrate on the local decisions that could have a big effect on your seasons performance.

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