Hoping that fertiliser prices will fall and delaying spreading is fools folly

For a typical mid-sized farmer feeding 120 tons of ration and using 30 tons of fertiliser per year, the rise in input costs will add €23,400 of additional costs

Rumours are emanating that CAN fertiliser will cost more than €600 per ton, with Urea possibly north of €900 per ton

Farmers risk having their 2022 profits eroded to a significant degree by rising energy, feed and fertiliser prices. 

Any cash flow left over from what has been a relatively good year will quickly get soaked up into input costs which are typically front-loaded to the start of the following year. Us farmers are price takers and only a small amount of control over input costs or indeed sales prices is achievable.