No Anhydrous.

[Hopperbin]

i dont subscribe to the idea that loading urea
150 tons worth and moving a second truck to
every field is going to save time. that alone is 2
days worth of work that i am saving by using
anhydrous since i the drill operator has to do it i
have to load my seed truck myself already so
dont want to look at loading another urea truck.
will be looking at blairs or vittera for nexr year if
this keeps up. they actually have a different
company delivering juice to them so i think the
problem is solvable couple extra storage tanks
would help

[Hopperbin]

i dont subscribe to the idea that loading urea
150 tons worth and moving a second truck to
every field is going to save time. that alone is 2
days worth of work that i am saving by using
anhydrous since i the drill operator has to do it i
have to load my seed truck myself already so
dont want to look at loading another urea truck.
will be looking at blairs or vittera for nexr year if
this keeps up. they actually have a different
company delivering juice to them so i think the
problem is solvable couple extra storage tanks
would help

[Wheatking]

We are waiting as well. I was told it
might be a day or two until we are able
to get product. Apparently there was a
wreck yesterday with a truck delivering
to a bullet, which I imagine has slowed
everyone down due to increased scrutiny
from dot's etc...

I am seeding anyways and will put on
liquid or urea with agrotrain on after.
This is the worst possible time to be
waiting for nh3 with the coming rain.

[Goodtime]

I switched to dry last year from NH3, best move I have ever made! Fert is in the bins and can get it when I need it. It takes a bit of getting used to and a bit more work but 1000 times less stress then wondering if the truck is actually coming....being told it is coming but doesn't show up.....being told the tank will be filled at 6 a.m. but doesn't happen until noon! Screw that noise!!!

[notaredneck]

No waiting here. Maybe they just don't like you guys haha

[crusher]

Our NH3 supply time is down to the minute. Mind you I can see the fertilizer plant from most of my fields. Suppliers around here pull directly from the plant.

[freewheat]

No issues yesterday. Finally got a half decent day in.

[fjlip]

Another side effect, our roads are being wrecked in soft spots by anhydrous semis that I suspect are over loaded. Are other roads damaged out there?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

What is the price differential this year,
is there still an economic arguement to
using NH3?

[oneoff]

One person stated 4 cents per pound difference.

Conclusion was that it madeeconomic sense for largest farmer consumers; but not necessarily smaller operators.

Probably there is an ongoing shift away from anhydrous. Sounds like on a boardwith 20 present NH3 users; maybe there are an additional two contemplating going to dry next year.

But switch comes at a cost. Urea has acaking problem; and storage requirements, and changeover costs of seeding equipment; and farmer trucking to seeding equipment.

And just as there can be NH3 shortage; you might find it equally difficult to source urea (or phosphate) right now.
And remember that urea is basically made from NH3. Further something as simple as being unable to hire drivers to haul NH3 can be the actual current problem.
And where short suppies get diverted to might depend on who can pull strings. Isn't it so easy to just say that the truck driver didn't show up.

Nobody ever seems to bother to track down why that happened.