Fertiliser Prices

The optimum nitrogen curve is lowering due to increasing nitrogen costs; therefore yields are also likely to be reduced. Many farmers have now realised the large savings that can be made from organic fertilisers and biosolids in particular as shown in the table below. The example shows that the farmer can make a saving over two years of £85.76 per hectare by using nutri-bio, on top of this saving the farmer does not have to spread the fertiliser himself therefore also saving on labour and fuel.

One farmer Phil Hart from Elm Farm, Stilton, Cambridgeshire says “We love nutri-bio as it not only improves the lands' workability, but also gives us the chance to actually make some money, by saving on fertiliser costs.”

By using a product like nutri-bio, it allows farmers to not only save on nitrogen costs but also on compound fertilisers. A typical application of 21 tonnes per hectare provided 137kg available phosphate and 82 kg available sulphur in year 1. This amount of phosphate will help built phosphate levels in soils with low p indices and maintain phosphate levels in soils with adequate levels of phosphate. The available sulphur is also very valuable especially if you grow OSR in your rotation, now that national levels of sulphur are dropping due to the decline in heavy industry.