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Falling Fuel and Fertiliser Prices – Bulk Buying Brings Additional Savings
As fuel and fertiliser prices ease somewhat, not everyone working in this sector benefited. Agricultural co-operatives are one such sector that suffered falls in turnover as a result, despite enjoying a record number of invoices. This was the case for Fram Farmers, as reported in East Anglian Daily Times. However, independent farmers and buying groups are sure to receive the falls positively and ...
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A Break in the Weather – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Although we’ve written a great deal about the extremely wet weather lately and how farmers can exploit this free resource through the installation of rainwater harvesting tanks, according to Herald Scotland, farmers in the west of Scotland have experienced a spate of dry weather that they have used to their advantage. Recent dry weather has allowed farmers to get their spring crops sown ...
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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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Precision Farming – Sprayers and Vertical Storage Tanks
Fertiliser spreading and spraying continues throughout May and many farmers report to Farmers Weekly that they are moving towards a more precision-farming approach, having started with variable-rate applications of phosphate and potash and implementing tractor-mounted sensors when applying nitrogen. Enduramaxx has a range of sprayers to enable farmers to apply liquid fertilisers efficiently and ...
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Farmers Urged to Check Soil – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Farmers and growers were advised to check their soil, according to the Darlington and Stockton Times, to check their soil phosphate and Potash levels. A decline in levels has been reported due to the decline in use of the two treatments that have fallen by an estimated 40 per cent as a direct result of rising prices in 2008. Many farmers have been reported to have taken phosphate and potash ...
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Fertiliser Prices – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
We hear mixed reports of fertiliser prices as of late, as Farming Life reports that fertilizer prices are set to stay pretty much the same. According to Yara business manager for Ireland, Nicholas Morrison, there is not a real difference between fertiliser prices year on year and in value terms, both CAN and NPK products are the same now as they were twelve months ago. However, referring to ...
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Boom sprayers preferred by wheatsheaf farming – liquid fertiliser tanks at the ready!
As we approach growing season, the focus of attention in farming shifts towards fertiliser and Farmers Weekly explains how one farm believes that boom sprayers can boost fertilizer accuracy. The piece explains how disc spreaders have come a long way in recent years. However, they fail to provide the accuracy that some growers need and many are shifting to boom sprayers instead. This was ...
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1500 Dairy Farmers Face Late Payments – Savings through Vertical And Horizontal Tanks
According to The Guardian, up to 1500 farmers will not be paid for their milk on Monday, as the UK’s largest dairy company announced that it was delaying payments due to a crash in prices. First Milk, a co-operative owned by British farmers explained that 2014 had been an incredibly volatile year for the global dairy industry and that it will have to delay payments to farmers by two weeks ...
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How to Save Money This Growing Season With Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Soil analysis seems to be becoming a more widespread practice amongst many UK farms these days, as farmers understand more and more the impact that correctly balanced soil can have on crop yields, not to mention how efficiently liquid fertiliser is applied too. With the growing season just around the corner, fertiliser is once again a hot topic in farming. Not only are application practices and ...
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Farmers Prefer Liquid Fertilizer – Enduramaxx Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Farmers have been demonstrating a preference for liquid fertiliser, according to Farming UK. Many are finding it to be more efficient, something that has led to a significant increase in investment at BFS Fertiliser Services, the award-winning UK leaders in crop nutrition. The company has recently installed seven new liquid fertiliser storage tanks at the BFS Fertilisers’ production ...
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Fertiliser Advancements and Enduramaxx Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Farming UK this week reports on a promising advancement in fertilizer that could see farmers slash fertiliser costs, boost yields and protect the environment following the launch of a new nitrogen-fixing bacteria mix. The fertiliser is a combination of nitrogen-fixing and nutrient-solubilising bacteria and fixes atmospheric nitrogen, turning it into a usable source for the crop. The fertiliser ...
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Fertiliser Calibration and Product Choice – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Farming UK recently examined how the correct set-up and calibration of spreaders can have a significant impact on the effectiveness of fertiliser applications. Correctly calibrated spreaders ensure the uniform application to grassland and maximum benefit from application. However, according to Rob Foxall, manager of spreader testing company, SCS, calibration is not just about getting your ...
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UK Farmers Urged to Prepare For Spring – Fertiliser Storage Tanks At Hand
We’d echo the advice of one of the UK’s leading fertiliser suppliers, as reported by Farming UK, and that is to be prepared for spring fertiliser applications. Because we had a very early harvest this year, good conditions in autumn and favourable weather ever since, most arable crops are well ahead and looking good going into winter, according to Allison Grundy, Arable Agronomist ...
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Free Soil Testing For Accurate Fertiliser Application
With the growing season nearly upon us, Welsh farmers are being given an opportunity to discover the benefits of soil analysis through a number of free soil testing workshops at Farming Connect. Regular soil testing enables farmers to adopt a targeted approach to fertiliser use, thus providing significant cost savings, according to Lisa Roberts of Farming Connect. Soil analysis also identifies ...
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Fertiliser Storage Tanks and the Latest ADAS Farming Report
The latest arable crop report from the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) was recently published, revealing that winter drilled crops were in good condition at the end of March. It also reveals that winter wheat crops were in good condition at the end of the month with typical crops at the end of late tillering stage. The control of black-grass and broadleaved weeds was good, ...
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Silage Making and Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
It’s silage-making time across many of the UK’s farms and the weather is holding to get silage-making done, according to Wiltshire Times. With most days last week having been dry, Thursday did bring rain, but the timing was just right, as in many cases, first-cut silage was completely dry. The first process in silage making is cutting the crop, after which it needs to be left to wilt ...
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We have Horizontal Mixing Machine On Sale
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Happy New Year – But What Does 2015 Hold For UK Farming?
As UK farming welcomes in a new year, what does 2015 hold for the broader industry and what trends can we expect to see unfold? The Western Daily Express details how, as the rest of us welcome in a new year, the UK’s farmers will have little to look forward to, based on present situations. According to Hugh Townsend from Devon-based Townsend Chartered Surveyors, the two biggest problems ...
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Fertile Minds – Technology Key to Future of UK Farming
At a high profile conference this week, Defra minister, Lord De Mauley, stated that young farmers’ grasp of new technology is the key to the future of farming in the UK. According to The Westmorland Gazette, 150 farm entrepreneurs from around the country attended the Fertile Minds event at Penrith where they heard the natural environmental minister tell them their ability to innovate was a ...
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Fertiliser – From Airborne Dust To Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Much of the early fertiliser spraying across the country is now complete and spring barley is in the ground, with most coming through and growing fast. For now, farming attention focuses on fencing in preparation for turning out stock and other important activities, but it won’t be long until more fertiliser applications and it’s this on-going and high cost expendable that makes all ...
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