Pressure to change is set to transform fertiliser industry

摘要

The national fertiliser manager at Cargill, Richard Sunderland (pictured below), looks at how changes in the fertiliser industry will benefit farmers. Fertiliser, most people recognise, is a highly cost-effective input, and continued pressure within the dairy sector for improved margins will mean that, both in type and supply, changes will have to come. Nutrient balance for the best grass production is definitely changing, Sulphur is becoming a major nutrient, as important on many farms as N, P and K.