Everyone earns from manure except the cattle farmer

The collection fees for livestock farmers have again decreased slightly this week. Prices are still above the level of last year in the same period. In the Central region, cattle and pig manure prices fell the most. This season it is again the case that manure is the largest cost item ever for livestock farmers, while all other parties in the manure chain earn a lot from it. 

The average price for pig slurry in week 14 in the South region is 23,33 euros per tonne. That is 17 cents less than last week. In the comparable period of last year that is 2 euros more. Pig farmers in the Midden region pay an average of 22,8 euros per ton this week. A drop of 84 cents from last week. The price there was 1 euro higher a year ago. 

Forced to separate in the yard
Some pig farmers in the south are forced to separate their manure in the yard. They often partly leave the thin fraction on their own land. The solid fraction is removed, hygienized and exported.

Separating the manure is usually cheaper than removing the manure directly. This can save 5 to 6 euros per cubic meter. Having the manure removed immediately, with VDM code 61, is by far the most expensive. That costs about 27 euros per cubic meter in the south of the country.

Loading and discharging directly from the pit, without a processing code, costs around 22 euros per cubic meter, according to the pig farmers. However, the situation remains that everyone in the manure market earns money from the manure: the intermediaries, the processors, the manure separators and the buyers. However, the producers of the manure, the livestock farmers, pay themselves blue.

Prices cattle manure bags
The collection contributions for cattle slurry decreased in both the South and the Central regions. In South cattle farmers pay 16,17 euros per ton this week. That is 33 cents less than last week. However, this is 0,50 cents more than last year.

In the Middle region, the price drops slightly more. The price fell there by 67 cents. This brings the price for cattle slurry in this region to 16,5 euros per tonne. This is more than 1 euro cheaper than last year around this time. 

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