The Weather Continues into May
Lets hope this unsettled weather isn’t a sign of things to come. Harvesting Summer crops is proving just as tricky as stripping last years winter crops.
However with the storms come positives such as higher moisture levels and we need to remind ourselves that, “There’s more money in Mud”.
Given the good soil moisture levels across most growing areas, we are seeing the majority of growers taking advantage of the good conditions with their winter planting programs.
With prices still strong for grains & livestock the outlook for the year is positive.
Fertiliser Update
Fertiliser pricing in the second quarter has seen phosphate fertilisers including AP’s remain firm, with replacement costs still rising.
Urea pricing remains volatile, so forecasted pricing for the top dressing window is hard to predict, especially with the current international forces.
Most growers will have to replenish removed nutrients from two good years and account for hopefully another high yielding winter crop when calculating fertiliser rates for sowing.
Please contact our office for fertiliser pricing from all Eastern Ports. We currently have MAP/DAP at competitive prices and also Urea and SSP for those looking to capitalise on the good start.
Like all commodity prices we are playing in an unstable global market and things can change daily.
Balanced Soils
With fertiliser and commodity prices high, it pays to understand your soils better to achieve the best results. Using & understanding data from soil tests, soil mapping and yield maps is important.
Balanced and uniform soils in your paddocks can utilise & store moisture better and assist the plants uptake the nutrients available to produce higher yielding crops and pastures.
Pacific Fertiliser has various soil mapping and variable rate controlled spreaders to help farmers achieve more uniform paddocks.
Tailored Blends
Tailored fertiliser blends can offer value in this time of higher input costs for growers.
Pacific Fertiliser can not only supply straight fertilisers, but more importantly tailored fertiliser blends (granular or powder) with additives including the major trace elements plus other additives including carbon, humates, manures, silica and liquid additives such as biology, wetting agents and other chemicals.
We have the ability to use normal fertilisers in the tailored blends or other products like granular soft rock phosphate and guano. We are happy to price blends to meet your soil & stock requirements
