{"id":60872,"date":"2021-12-10T09:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60872"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:45:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T14:45:19","slug":"farmers-turning-to-alternative-growing-methods-in-wake-of-sky-high-fertiliser-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60872","title":{"rendered":"Farmers turning to alternative growing methods in wake of sky-high fertiliser price"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<div class=\"_3ANn5\">\n<h3 class=\"_24eQK _3O3fw _23WqP UOKdn _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-12-10\/fertiliser-prices-has-farmers-looking-at-nitrogen-fixing-plants\/100681202?fbclid=IwAR1YWoImdUW90j8dUU7FOcZkGhiYWF1ybtZZma5_6DoPsBX-IX0pfZ41NKs\">Farmers turning to alternative growing methods in wake of sky-high fertiliser price<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vXtst\" data-component=\"FeatureMedia\">\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100681352\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100681352\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/7b5ba8081d2a90c7029175a71baefa12?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=720&amp;cropW=1280&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=117&amp;width=862&amp;height=485\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A weathered hand holds fertiliser which is charcoal and white coloured grounds\" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100681352\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\">Fertiliser prices have risen sharply this year.<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">Trevor De Landgrafft<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div class=\"_8lXP6 OK4xB\" data-component=\"LayoutContainer\">\n<div class=\"ZN39J\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">In\u00a012 months the price of commonly used fertilisers essential for Australia&#8217;s $43 billion cropping industries\u00a0has\u00a0increased by as much as 230 per cent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R v-gc3\">\n<section class=\"_1uHEE _2Mryn\" role=\"contentinfo\" aria-label=\"key points\" data-component=\"KeyPoints\">\n<p class=\"wYJvU _1o1Da _1cBaI _18377 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\"><strong>Key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"_1PvbE\" role=\"list\" data-component=\"List\">\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Fertiliser prices have risen\u00a0an extraordinary amount over the past year<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">An increase in energy costs is behind the price rise<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-component=\"ListItem\">Australian grain growers are looking for alternative fertiliser options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"article-key-points-after\">Grain farmers looking to sow summer or winter crops are bracing for a massive increase in production costs and some are looking for alternative options to synthetic fertilisers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Thomas Elder Markets commodity analyst Andrew Whitelaw recently analysed fertiliser prices\u00a0and he was shocked by what his modelling revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;If we look at\u00a0<a class=\"fmhNa nsZdE _2c2Zy _1tOey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2021-12-08\/adblue-shortage-a-serious-threat-to-australias-supply-chain\/100683230\" data-component=\"ContentLink\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/100683230\">urea<\/a>\u00a0and [diammonium phosphate], those prices\u00a0this time last year were around about $400 to $550 a tonne landed in Australia,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;Now we&#8217;re talking, for both of them, above $1,400 a tonne.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _1VIKT\" data-component=\"Pullquote\">\n<blockquote class=\"_2Bzft\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;That&#8217;s a remarkable rise. It&#8217;s scary, because farmers have got a lot of decisions to make in the next three months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"_2XhY1 _2X-83 g1U-R _3V6uS\" role=\"group\" data-print=\"inline-media\" aria-labelledby=\"100687546\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/100687546\">\n<div class=\"_3C2ok\" data-component=\"IntersectionObserver\">\n<div class=\"_3C5J1\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_1sqAO WIJbJ\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/0c2e613ecc43ae3bf4bc043913c72946?src\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A Rabobank graph shows the increase in input prices farmers are facing. \" data-component=\"Image\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"100687546\" class=\"_1WKJ_ _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__figcaption\">A Rabobank graph shows the increase in input prices farmers are facing.\u00a0<cite class=\"_3gxdk _3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Figure__cite\">(<span class=\"_16znc _3rsys _1cBaI _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Byline\"><span class=\"_3rsys _1srG4 _3PhF6 _10YQT _2Cu8q\" data-component=\"Text\">Source: CRU, AIP, Baiinfo, Rabobank 2021<\/span><\/span>)<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"_3HiYf _2K_6X _1cBaI _2b-O4 _2yZBa _3I3Xh _2uBSR _10YQT _1lh6E\" data-component=\"Heading\"><strong>Rising cost of synthetic nitrogen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">Mark Seymour, a veteran crop scientist specialising in pulses in Western Australia, said the rising cost of synthetic nitrogen could lead to farmers investigating whether a pasture or pulse crop could fit into their systems to naturally fix nitrogen into the soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;No one thing will fit everyone,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">&#8220;Some people may just reduce their inputs and grow the same enterprise; there&#8217;s talk of more fallow in the areas that do fallow well and for the areas that do legume relatively well, you might expect more go into those and reduce inputs into the legume phase.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"_2X-83 g1U-R _1VIKT\" data-component=\"Pullquote\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers turning to alternative growing methods in wake of sky-high fertiliser price Fertiliser prices have risen sharply this year.(Trevor De Landgrafft) In\u00a012 months the price of commonly used fertilisers essential for Australia&#8217;s $43 billion cropping industries\u00a0has\u00a0increased by as much as 230 per cent. Key points: Fertiliser prices have risen\u00a0an extraordinary amount over the past year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9011,32272,32271,32273,32275,32274],"class_list":["post-60872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-abc-news","tag-belinda-varischetti","tag-joanna-prendergast","tag-richard-hudson","tag-synthetic-fertiliser","tag-tara-de-landgrafft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60873,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60872\/revisions\/60873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}