Ravensdown has cut its superphosphate price to $310 per tonne and has undertaken to keep a lid on that price until the end of a busy spring.

Fertiliser maker Ballance says it will continue to absorb the impact of a weaker New Zealand dollar and hold prices for most major nutrients through December.

Ravensdown returned savings of about $1.3 million to its farmers.

Fertiliser cooperative Ravensdown continues to bounce back from the abyss, after its latest annual result and rebate announcement.

Plummeting oil prices haven’t translated into much cheaper fertiliser yet and it’s unlikely they will any time soon, says Ravensdown.

THE TWO main fertiliser manufacturers have agreed to develop a spreadability rating system for their products.

PRICES FOR most fertilisers are down with the two main suppliers releasing new but as usual almost identical price lists.

THE 2013 Taranaki Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Rachel and Kenneth Short, have become the first family to claim two generations of success in the awards.

NITROGEN IS up and DAP down in the two main fertiliser cooperative’s latest price list revisions.

There will be a bit of sibling rivalry at the Mystery Creek Events Centre this Saturday.