minerals

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Analysis Manure

Manure market characterised by growing supply

Na een lange periode van stabiliteit op de mestmarkt komt er langzaam weer wat beweging in de markt. Nu de graanoogst her en der van start gegaan is, begint de afzet richting akkerbouwers mondjesmaat op gang te komen, wat de handel voorzichtig in beweging zet. Prijsverlagingen zijn hierbij niet aan de orde. De markt neigt eerder omhoog. 
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Analysis Manure

Summer sales keep manure market tense

The manure market is still in a stable phase. Prices have remained virtually unchanged over the past period, while uncertainty remains about what will happen once the majority of plots are released. At the same time, traders differ in their opinions about how the market will develop towards that period.
4 July 2025
potato fertilizer spreader

Analysis Fertilizer

Import duty drives up price of Russian fertilizer

Brussels is significantly increasing import duties on fertilizers from Russia and Belarus as of July 1. The duties will gradually increase to 100% of the value in 2028. With this step, the European Union wants to reduce its dependence on these countries and prevent Russia's war efforts against Ukraine from being financed via fertilizer exports.
June 17, 2025
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Analysis Manure

The demand for manure is not the problem

After a favourable spring with falling prices, the manure market currently appears fairly stable. Although prices have hardly moved in recent weeks, traders point to signals that could indicate a turnaround. The uncertainty about the sales opportunities in the summer remains high, partly due to the limiting influence of NV areas on the placement space. At the same time, arable farmers want to make maximum use of the remaining placement space in order to boost the balance as much as possible. What effect does this have on pricing?
June 13, 2025
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Analysis Manure

Bottom reached in the manure market, what now?

Now that spring – in which large quantities of manure have been spread – is coming to an end, the focus on the manure market is increasingly shifting towards the summer months. In those months, the sales opportunities are more limited and storage is becoming a more important issue again.
22 May 2025
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Analysis Milk

New nitrogen regulations make phosphate market alert

The cabinet decision of last Friday on nitrogen and the subsequent announcements on livestock farming have already put the phosphate market on edge a bit. Reason for this are, among other things, statements by Minister Wiersma. She seems to suggest that phosphate rights will again play a more important role for the position of dairy farms.
1 May 2025
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Analysis Fertilizer

Fertilizer: hardly any demand, price drop in the offing?

The European fertilizer market has been showing a quiet phase since April, especially in the nitrogen segment. Demand from arable farming and dairy farming is currently low, because the first fertilization moments for many crops have already passed. Grassland is still waiting for a growth spurt for the first cut and on arable land the first nitrogen applications have already been applied to the crops. What are the expectations for prices?
22 April 2025
drag hoses slurry wheat - agri

Analysis Manure

Friesland exception to falling manure prices

Now that the largest part of the spring application has been realized, the manure market is stabilizing. Especially since some rain is coming. It seems that the bottom of the manure market will soon be reached. The greatest pressure is off, although the difference per region remains clearly noticeable. Especially in the North of the Netherlands, the supply is still very ample. This is also reflected in the DCA collection contribution for the Leeuwarden region, which hardly decreases, in contrast to other surplus areas. 
10 April 2025
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Analysis Manure

Arable farmers also notice that manure prices are falling

April starts off like the entire month of March: with very dry and sunny weather. The end of the spreading season is approaching, because many livestock farmers have fertilized their own grassland and arable farmers have often already used it extensively. Now that the collection contributions for livestock farmers have been decreasing for a while, arable farmers are increasingly having to accept less when they take manure. What can they gain?
3 April 2025
dairy farm cows manure farmyard manure

Analysis Manure

In more and more regions, the price of manure is falling below 30 euros

March is coming to an end and the weather has been exceptionally dry this month. This means a dream start to the season on the manure market, and sales are going very well. Every day, the manure can be driven out. Livestock farmers have often emptied the pits. The crowds will decrease in the coming weeks, especially now that the spring activities have started at arable farmers. In the meantime, the DCA collection contributions continue...
27 March 2025
poultry farming Poultry meat

News Manure

Chicken manure processor BMC Moerdijk is looking for an investor

Manure processor and energy producer BMC Moerdijk is looking for a strategic shareholder to enable the planned switch from green electricity to green gas. The investment for this step amounts to approximately €190 million.
27 March 2025
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Analysis Manure

Manure market at full speed: sometimes even temporary shortages

The early, nice weather ensures that the manure market is in full swing. The conditions are ideal, which means that manure is being spread on a massive scale. The demand for manure is currently enormous. Both livestock farmers and arable farmers are fertilizing every plot that can be fertilized. At this rate, with this continuing weather, the spreading will largely be over within a few weeks.
20 March 2025
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News Land work

Early start after heatwave

Dry and exceptionally warm weather has ensured that a lot of agricultural work has already been done in early March in almost all parts of the Netherlands. The first onions, potatoes and sugar beets are in the ground. For livestock farmers, manure is mainly on the menu. However, not everyone is eager. Isn't it a false start?
10 March 2025
manure fertilization slurry

Analysis Manure

Arable farmer thinks he can still cash in on manure

Early March shows gloriously beautiful weather, which offers ideal conditions for farmers to continue spreading manure. The market clearly responds to this. In the north, prices remain high, while in the south they continue to fall. Meanwhile, according to arable farmers, manure traders are not willing to pay enough for the supply of manure. How does that work?
6 March 2025
liquid manure

Analysis Manure

Fall in cattle manure prices continues for the time being

The spreading season for manure has started and a lot of manure is being spread. Dairy farmers have taken full advantage of the good weather conditions in the first week to spread manure on their own grassland again. For arable farmers it is still too early to think about spreading manure, although they are following the market closely. Just like last week, we see that the decline in DCA collection contributions for cattle liquid manure in particular continues.
27 February 2025
cows

News Manure

Less nitrogen from manure, (still) above new ceiling

449 million kilos of nitrogen were excreted from animal manure in 2024. This was reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on provisional figures. Although this is less than the 464 million kilos of the previous year (-3%) - and below the nitrogen ceiling of 2024 - this must be further reduced this year in order to fall below the tightened nitrogen ceiling of this year.
25 February 2025

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