American Anhydrous View!

[SASKFARMER3]

This is in a local US paper interview with a specialist in Anhydrous.
Read I think someone in Canadian system is BS us farmers.
Prices for most nitrogen-based fertilizers are lower than a year ago because natural-gas prices are lower. The expected spring demand, however, is already causing nitrogen-based fertilizers to creep up in price.

That's going to push the price for nitrogen up when Corn Belt farmers get ready for early-spring applications. There may be tight supplies and shipping issues in parts of the country as well because the push for fertilizer will be greater than in recent memory.
Prices for nitrogen-based fertilizers are mixed compared to a year ago. Anhydrous ammonia is cheaper because of lower natural gas costs, which accounts for as much as 80 percent of the costs for anhydrous.

But supplies are down right now for urea, a dry fertilizer with 46 percent nitrogen. Urea prices have increased on a wholesale level from a year ago -- as much as $70 a ton to between $345 and $355 a ton in the Corn Belt.

Anhydrous and other fertilizers have also responded to the rise in urea prices. Wholesale anhydrous ammonia is selling for $390 to $405 a ton, which is $15 a ton higher than in recent weeks, but anhydrous is anywhere from $45 to $75 cheaper than a year ago.

Urea ammonium nitrate, or UAN solution, which has a 32 percent nitrogen mix, is $219 to $230 a ton wholesale, which is comparable to last year.

Funny thing my guy is telling me that our anhydrous price has got to go through the roof because of the USA.
BS BS BS.

[bgmb]

By my calculations 350/ton USD works out to $.257/lb cdn.

Which is cheaper than it's been in Canada for a long time.
Guess we should be bringing it across the line along with our glyphosate.

[kamichel]

My supplier scared me into purchasing my Anhydrous by mid Jan. I didn't want the tax deduction for 06 so was wanting to pay after the new year. Then I delayed a couple more weeks because everyday I am saving interest. then the supplier told me that if I don't pay now I may not be able to secure the delivery durring normal planting time and I checked around and everybody elses price had gone up. I do not really agree that they could not secure supply because anhydrous supply should always be availlable in my opinion and the Americans should be basically done planting before start.
I suppose in the USA the price must vary greatly from location to location as it does here.

[SASKFARMER3]

The farm group out of Manitoba are asking the federal govt to get a price fixing watchdog to check out if some price fixing is happening.
I did the math of the Anhydrous and our price at Christmas should have been close to .257 lb same as the fall.
Most Americans use dry fert so yes their could be a shortage of that product but the drastic increase is price gouging by the Fertilizer company's.
It just amazes me how the product can be made here and we get screwed every year. ITS A JOKE.
NO need at all.

[kamichel]

Saskfarmer please keep us all informed on the outcome to fertilizer pricing. I still have not been able to afford to pay for my dry fert. hopefully I can tell my supplier he gouged me on the anhydrous.