NEMO | AS6K - 12/25/2024 20:24
I know it is very location specific, and I'm in western KY. My question, what do others really see in on farm bulk tank savings over retail? I have a friend who claims his family buys NH3 for 55-65% ish summer filling vs winter prepay retail. That's enough to get me interested. Anyone care to give there experiences or recent cost of purchasing/setting up tanks. Thinking 2-30,000 bottles or really whatever I could find most economically to get me 45-70,000 gal of storage. Email in profile is good if you'd rather not say publicly then be told how wrong you are by others.
I'll start by saying I'm usually always wrong! Lol
Last summer filled up around $435/ton and this December the cheapest was $600/ton. So $165/ton savings. Not sure but retail would be a lot higher yet.
Last year (2023) summer fill was around $360/ton. So huge savings by being able to take loads in the off season.
We can hold 1/3 fo 1/2 our NH3 needs. So ideally fill in the summer and run it off in the fall. Refill in the winter for the spring application.
It pays to shop around for the best price. Seems like lots of time the cheapest NH3 comes from the furthest away. Many times gas from Ohio or Oklahoma is cheaper than Weaver (Iowa) or Palmyra (hour and a half away).
One winter several years ago we filled up with product from the Dakotas or maybe it was Canada (I really can't remember) for less than $300 ton (seems like it was $250 or 265). Freight was as a high as the NH3!
It seems like recently big tanks will run at least $2/gallon. So at least $60k for a 30,000 gallon tank. Probably spend another $10-20k to get it hauled, piers, plumping, etc. I bet you would be closer to $150k for 2 -30,000 gallon tanks.
Good luck. |
Realistic saving on NH3 bulk on farm?
