The spreading season has finally started this week. Dairy farmers have seized the moment to spread manure on their own land again. The start of the spreading season began with beautiful sunny winter weather, but in the meantime the rain has often fallen again and there is also a lot of precipitation in the offing. In addition, arable farmers are often still waiting to apply liquid manure. Nevertheless, we see, just like last week, a decrease in the...
If there is precipitation next week, this will undoubtedly have consequences for the rest of the spreading season. In the sense that there will be a bit of a hitch when it comes to spreading. Especially at the beginning of next week, there will be quite a few millimeters in the barrel. However, the weather is no longer the only spoilsport in making the decision whether or not to spread manure. The placement space also comes into play. An intermediary says: "Normally, 20 loads of manure would be brought to certain locations, but at the moment that number is only 15". According to him, the placement space has been cut, which has a major impact on the prices this season. This is a result of the further phasing out of derogation and the designated NV areas.
In the meantime, livestock farmers are busy emptying the pits and are primarily bringing it to their own land. In arable farming, there is still little to do on the land. The winter wheat is often not yet ready to be spread as manure, or so it sounds. The bearing capacity of the soil, mid-February, is also often a reason for arable farmers to wait a little longer. Prices have often already been agreed for manure that is still being transported to storage. Incidentally, the completeness of the storage is not a given, especially in the south of the Netherlands. Livestock farmers often wait desperately to remove it in the hope of lower prices later this year. Only the bare minimum is removed. This means that a large amount of manure supply will probably come onto the market as soon as the conditions for spreading improve and the season has passed.
Price relief in the south
In the meantime, there is already some relief to be seen on the manure market. The DCA collection contributions in Deurne, Tilburg and Uden are falling, mainly when it comes to cattle manure. This is, as indicated, mainly because manure intermediaries are having difficulty finding sufficient supply. The idea is often that prices can fall further as soon as the spreading possibilities increase. For the time being, the fall in price is fairly limited. Much will depend on the weather conditions in the coming weeks.
DCA collection contributions
The average price of meat pigs in the South of the Netherlands is €36,00 per cubic meter and in the Central Netherlands €36,33. The collection contribution for cattle manure is €32,33 and €34 per cubic meter for the South and Central respectively. The further decrease in the South of the Netherlands is partly due to the fact that the Uden region shows a price decrease of €1,50 for cattle manure. Prices in the East of the Netherlands are also showing a cautious decrease.
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