Pacific Fertiliser News - Sept 2025 WEATHER Growing conditions vary greatly from North to South on the East Coast. Southern NSW needs rain, and this week's forecast for SA, VIC, and NSW could help prevent cutting crops for hay. Northern harvest has started and summer crop sowing is underway in SQLD and NNSW, with the
Most growers are in for a wet finish. On the fertiliser price forecast there isn't too much good news either, as prices continue to rise and supply tightens. Energy and shipping cost increases, coupled with a lack of supply are keeping fertiliser prices at historical highs. If you are looking for your 2022 winter crop
As fertiliser in Australia becomes expensive and in tight supply, growers will look for fertiliser alternatives. One of those is a common fertiliser, super phosphate (SSP) or Superfect. With an analysis of 0-9-0-11 it is a low analysis fertiliser, but with phosphorous and sulphur it is a versatile product. Alternatives for Single Super are:
We are finally seeing some decent rain in a lot of growing areas with hopefully the top of NSW and Southern/Central QLD to finally see some good rainfall this weekend. The current conditions will see a run on Urea top dressing which could put pressure on stocks during the growing season with a lot of
What is Top Dressing Grade Fertiliser? Generally top dressing grade fertiliser is granular fertiliser that is suitable for broad cast spreading using a belt spreader. Given belt spreaders are more forgiving on particle size distribution, Pacific Fertiliser have developed a cheaper fertiliser product suitable for Top dressing. Pacific Fertiliser can take second grade fertiliser (lumpy
Fertiliser prices are at a 10 year low after weak global demand and surplus global stock. Despite high demand for fertiliser locally and a low Australian Dollar the prices of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium fertiliser remain low compared to previous years. Urea prices have slipped by around $60/t compared to other winter sowing seasons where
