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Nitrous Fertiliser Prices Remain High Despite Falling Fuel Prices – Liquid Fertilizer Tanks Enable Bulk Buying Savings
Falling fuel prices. International gas prices falling by about 27 per cent compared to last year’s prices. Yet nitrogenous fertilizers continue to remain high, according to Herald Scotland. With gas accounting for around 60 per cent of ammonia’s production costs, AN (ammonium nitrate) and urea values seem to be remaining pretty much the same. Spot crop and milk-farm gate-process ...
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New Nitrogen Fertiliser and Fertiliser Storage Tanks
For the second year in a row, fertilizer prices remain high. With fertiliser constituting one of the industry’s biggest consumable expenses, it’s no wonder that it’s constantly monitored and forever debated. A new Koch Advanced Nitrogen product is said to be bringing potential savings to growers and it is claimed to be as effective as CAN, despite being made from urea. A ...
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Supplying sulfur to your crops
Sulphur is a key component when growing high yielding, healthy crops. Whilst Nitrogen is a growth promoter, Sulphur works as a growth regulator, effectively balancing the manufacture of sugars and proteins in leaf tissue with the demand from these materials throughout the plant. Consequently, Sulphur plays a crucial role in maintaining green leaf area, growth rates and delaying senescence. Low ...
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Record breaking rapeseed crop last month – liquid fertiliser tanks bring savings
Last month a Northallerton farmer harvested what could well be the highest yield of rapeseed ever recorded. With 7.2t/ha, the crop way outweighs the UK national average of 4t/ha. The restored hybrid variety, Incentive, grew well for a number of reasons attributed by farmer, Steve Tuer. To begin with, the farm used to be a dairy farm, so there is thought to be a lot of inherent fertility in the ...
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Using Liquid Manure to Fertilize Wheat? Consider Timing, Nitrogen Content
Liquid livestock manure can be a great option as a spring top-dress fertilizer for wheat fields if applied during the appropriate window of time and if it has the right amount of nitrogen, according to research conducted by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. In a report published in the latest issue of the college’s Crop Observation ...
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Precision Fertiliser Project Underway
Always a good source of farming related news and information, The Western Morning News reveals how a consortium of British businesses led by GrowHow UK has won funding to support the development of an automated system for the precision application of nitrogen fertiliser and plant growth regulators. The £1 million kitty required to develop the precision technology is funded through ...
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