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Both major fertiliser co-operatives have dropped their prices as farmers start planning for spring.

Former ACT MP and Federated Farmers president Owen Jennings believes he's come across a new fertilising method in Australia that yields "outstanding results".

Fertiliser use in New Zealand over the 18 months is about 25% down from what it consistently was for the previous decade or more, says Ravensdown chief operating officer Mike Whitty.

After extreme market volatility and record-high prices in recent years, global fertiliser prices are expected to settle in 2024, despite uncertainty posed by the Israel-Hamas conflict as it currently stands.

With spring fertiliser season underway, more dairy farmers are anticipated to turn to self-spreading to help keep costs down, according to Precision Farming head of sales, Aaron Wilson.

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the UK’s agri-supply trade association representing UK fertiliser and agronomy companies, is raising concerns that farmers, growers and buying co-operatives must brace themselves for law changes that will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilisers.

Cash-strapped farmers are getting relief through a major drop in the price of key farm input - fertiliser.

A foliar fertiliser is a product that is designed to be applied directly to the leaves of the plant.

Rabobank's Emma Higgins recently outlined some of the current headaches facing the agriculture sector.

A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced after a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway caused a multi-vehicle crash which killed a driver.