What are your thoughts on the fertiliser price s for 2022

It grazing ground mostly. Grazing off silage ground at present before spreading slurry.

Was going to put out 18-6-12 tomorrow on grazing ground - wondering same myself?

Got quote 910 for 18-6-12 and available this morning. Ordered a pallet

First come, first served…even if just one farmer buys the lot!

We are supposed to be running a business in a capitalist system, not some socialist/communist ‘égalité’ bullsh1t.

Aghhh dwag I’d love to have you as a neighbour …..that attitude by some of the bigger farmers here has led to the hatred of dairy farmers by some

The cure for reduced fertilizer demand globally tends to be the man in charge hanging from a lamppost with the city in ruins and 20 different groups fighting over the big seat.

The food has to keep coming.

Paid for a pallet earlier today. €887 a tonne collected. Dairygold. Normally have it delivered but no orders for delivery been taken until next Tuesday and could be 2-3 before I'd have it. Twill be spread lightly.

Have enough till June(which isn't paid for) I'll hold out till June before buying again as Bank account allows .. I'm going to wait till temperatures rise before spreading, taking no chances anymore.

Good point.

However the Coops are only middlemen. They don’t produce any fertilizer, they just buy and resell at a profit. If a Coop was to work like you want them to work, then they should buy enough for all adherents…?

If farmers bought fertilizer when everyone (bar Teagasc) were encouraging farmers to secure supply, there wouldn’t be any need to be pointing the finger of ‘egalite’ at the Coops. As far as I can see you’re expecting the Coop to exceed the remit of its ethos.

Any business that sells something critical to a large group of customers normally that decides to prioritise and sell to one big lad in a time of need rather than even make a pretence of trying to divide it up better keep a good eye on the long grass down the road imo.

Won't be buying so much as kit-kat of my co-op here going forward, the messing that went on with them trying to get quotes for fertilizer in dec/Jan was comical, dealt with a local merchant after and will be from now on, at least your point of contact is one man and a 2 minute phone call is all you need to get prices and arrange terms....

You'd of thought self-preservation would of lead them to lock-in fertiliser earlier on to have a supply for their suppliers but they abdicated responsibility that's all well and good, but looking forward destroying farmer confidence that they now see their co-op hasn't got their backs, will lead to some pretty far reaching consequences for milk volumes going forward, and we all know that billions spent on stainless steel that's still been payed back needs x amount of milk going through it yearly to make the sums work...

Straight answer to last bit …..no

Co-ops were caught between a rock and a hard place. They were looking at a commitment of over twice previous years outlay to buy fertlizer. Supply was scarce because of the rise in price it was 4-6 weeks later than usual that deals were done.

Because if this usual pricing was not available before Christmas. I would be surprised if any two shipments came in at the same price over the last 3-4 months. Co-op did not want to be varying price's from one week to another. Customers would be angry if they bough to day and it was 50/ton cheaper in a week's time.

Untill the Ukraine invasion all indications were that fertilizer prices would drop in late April/May. The Ukraine invasion shifted the concern from just price to supply.

I always work on the analogy that business is business. I never burn bridges. I understand that co-ops are like the public service at time and move slowly.