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Beef
Up to €135/t variation in feed prices
Shane Dobson
Adam Woods has details of an Irish Farmers Journal reader survey on ration prices last week.
19 April 2023 News
Fertiliser flying out to farms
The belated uptake in the weather is seeing fertiliser, both straights and compounds, moving fast all over the country.
12 April 2023 Northern Ireland
Fertiliser price cuts losing momentum
Fertiliser prices have seen prices falling this spring, however momentum has slowed during April.
‘Hard border’ for Northern Ireland fertiliser
Farmers who buy from Northern Ireland will now have to register as a fertiliser economic operator and submit information on these imports to the National Fertiliser Database.
5 April 2023 News
Merchants can choose manual or automated method of inputting fertiliser records
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue was in front of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture on Wednesday speaking about the new fertiliser register.
30 March 2023 News
Fertiliser prices fall further
Product is moving - although slowly, as wet weather continues to hamper fertiliser application on farms, with a huge range in prices for all products.
29 March 2023 News
Difference in fertiliser price between north and south costing farmers €250m
It’s unacceptable for co-ops and merchants to keep fertiliser prices at inflated levels, IFA president Tim Cullinan has said.
22 March 2023 Community
Fertiliser market frozen by wet weather
The stand-off over old fertiliser stock continues as wet weather slows sales.
22 March 2023 News
Market corrections catch out farmers and merchants who forward bought fertiliser
Market correction in fertiliser prices penalises anyone holding expensively purchased stock.
19 March 2023 News
Stand-off in fertiliser trade as imports hit
Farmers, merchants and fertiliser importers are currently in a three-way stand-off, as weather and prices combine to see little fertiliser moving, write PatO’Toole and Kieran Mailey.
15 March 2023 News
Up to €155/t price differential in fertiliser
Fertiliser is far cheaper the further north you go in the country this week.
8 March 2023 News
Beef farmers stall on fertiliser purchases
Adam Woods has the latest on this spring’s fertiliser markets, including the latest quotes for fertiliser around the country.
8 March 2023 Grass & feeding