Input Price Challenges

Impact, Outlook & Strategies to Mitigate

With an end to the closed period for spreading slurry, artificial fertiliser, farmyard manure and other organic fertilisers upon us, farmers throughout the country will be planning how best to negotiate record fertiliser prices, limited supplies and elevated feed prices in the weeks ahead.

Chaired by Deputy President Brian Rushe, the IFA hosted an online webinar on Thursday 20th January at 8pm entitled ‘Input price challenges – Impact, Outlook & Strategies to mitigate’, with guest speakers on the night including Liam Woulfe, CEO Grassland Agro; Rory Deverell, Risk Consultant with StoneX; David Wall, Teagasc Research Officer and Liam MacHale, IFA Director based in Brussels who will provide an outlook for fertiliser markets/feed inputs and possible EU interventions respectively.

You can view the slides from the webinar below.


Presentations

Review & Outlook on Fertiliser Market

Liam Woulfe, CEO, Grassland Agro

Review & Outlook Feed Ingredients / Inputs

Rory Deverell, Risk Consultant, StoneX


Strategies to Mitigate the Increased Cost of Inputs

Rose Mary McDonagh IFA Farm Business Committee Chair & Shane Whelan, IFA Inputs Policy Executive

David Wall, Teagasc Research Officer

Successful Soil Fertility Management in 2022


Agenda From the Night

SpeakersTopic
Liam Woulfe,
CEO, Grassland Agro
Review & Outlook on Fertiliser Market
Rory Deverell,
Risk Consultant, StoneX 
Review & Outlook Feed Ingredients / Inputs
Shane Whelan, IFA Inputs Policy ExecutiveStrategies to Mitigate the Increased Cost of Inputs
David Wall,
Teagasc Research Officer
Successful Soil Fertility Management in 2022
Liam MacHale,
European Director, IFA Brussels
Update on EU fertiliser anti-dumping duties and any interventions forthcoming