Inside: Manure Market
Rain wipes out manure price drop
The changeable weather has left its mark on the fertilizer market. In many places, soil spreading is no longer allowed, which has consequences for the collection contributions for manure. Not all types of fertilizer are affected by this, but which prices do rise is outlined in an analysis of the fertilizer market for insiders.
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Choose the subscription that suits youIn 2016, manure could also be spread for several days in a row at the opening of the manure season, and rain ultimately spoiled the project. The concerns of contractors and intermediaries mainly focus on the time they will soon be allowed to spread manure. The hope was that grassland could be fully spread out from mid-February, which would allow the work to be spread out. That doesn't seem to be the case now.
Last season we saw that arable farmers in particular were running out of patience, causing them to switch to applying fertilizer. That 'fear' is now also latent in the market. This week the last spaces in the manure silos will be used and then all that remains is to wait until the plots have dried out sufficiently.
Similar circumstances also exist in large parts of Germany, Belgium and France. The current circumstances are leaving their mark on the development of collection contributions. Instead of the hoped-for decline in collection contributions, those for fattening pig slurry are stagnating. The contributions for cattle slurry have been slightly adjusted downwards this week.
