Fertilizer

Any one checked on fertilizer prices for summer plots?
I checked today and got a price of bulk triple 17 at over $500 a ton!
Deers iron and clay peas are going to have to make do with 1/2 what I normally put out.

Ouch!.......

Is that a satchel or bagged?

You may be able to find just a whole of of fertilizer at certain times too. Shortages are real but by fall maybe it’ll free back up

bagged and opened and put in buggy for spreading.

History tends to repeat itself.

Clay peas don’t need much fertilizer anyhow

Recent soil test recommended 40 lbs of Phosphorus for IC Peas. My K levels were very high. pH was 6.3.

If you mix with Sorghum or Sunflowers you could use 18-46-0, I'd need 100 lbs per acre. Recently quoted $23/50 lbs bagged.

So far I have paid $580 and $545/ton for 17-17-17.Have seen it for $625/ton.

I’m blessed to have chicken litter close by I don’t miss the days of buying 17-17-17.

I called today to check on price of 17-17-17 and it was $16.75 a bag.

At 300# per acre which isn’t much plant food at all that’s only $100 per acre. Ouch

That’s crazy ain’t it.

In 20 years of doing what I do I’ve never seen fertilzer prices double fast as they have

That's why I am doing a rotation. Cereal grains/brassicas in the fall, and beans/peas in the spring. Each provides what the other needs. And I only put 0-20-20 on clover, peas and beans. But my soil test said I didn't need much of it.

I called to get prices for my food plot orders and the guy says they change every week.

Was quoted $710/ton for triple 17 today in Montgomery. Damn

I'm seriously considering not planting

It's only money, gotta do what you gotta do. Not planting is not an option for my old green field hunting, shooting house sitting arse. A few hundred extra dollars ain't gonna make or break me

Dang - is it going to keep going up? I May buy mine tomorrow and let it sit in the garage till time

Already got my seed

I warned yalls asses. Our prices are fluid and change by the hour. Try managing this shucks for guys farming 1,000’s of acres

Great time to spend the cash and pull deer off your cheap, non-fertilizin' neighbors' place. I always make sure my deer eat better than my children!
Hey, can't hang your children on the wall, so feed your deer well.

$15 a bag for 13-13-13 and $18 for 17-17-17 in Fayette was what I was quoted last week. Somebody get rich.

Feyette has trip 13 by the ton for $495

Need to go price and buy In Clarke county now

The guy at the feed store told me that the prices are changing every week.

They change daily with us. Sometimes hourly

Yes if you find some a lot cheaper your better buy it because they don’t know their replacement cost is yet.

Exactly.

257 - u may have said - what type fertilizer u use on your fields ??
Thanks

I put down a 50-30-30-10 on my green fields once they are up to a stand

Could you explain the makeup of that blend of fertilizer please. I am a little confused.

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Me too

The numbers in order are N-P-K-S in that order.

Thanks

I paid 14.25 for 34-0-0 and 16.95 for 17-17-17 at universal yesterday.

They said they supply seed to co-ops, which probaby explains why their prices are often better.

$19 for trip 17 and $15-17 for trip 13 depending on brand.

I’m still confused. It may be the public school education but, not accounting for S(sulfur I presume), that’s 110% by volume. Is this a custom mix that you buy in bulk? Not a bagged product? I can find no mention of any like product elsewhere. I am intrigued.

We make custom blends at our plant. That last number is 10 units of sulfur. We use ammonium sulfate to get there

That is the total plant food per acre that he is applying. So if you put out 300 lbs of 17-17-17-5s. That would be a 51-51-51-15s total

I shoulda added this too. Whalen we can get ingredients into our house. This fall ain’t gonna be easy

Thank you for the explanation. I’m only familiar with the NPK ratios I use in the landscape business. This was throwing me for a loop.

Sulfur and magnesium are major minors we lack up here in N Bama.

Has anyone had any success with the 13-6-6 slow release with the ag coat. I was thinking about trying it this year. Some farmers around here have been using it and we’re very pleased