Use our calculator below to see why it pays to buy a Yara NPK fertiliser!

How much cheaper does a blended NPK fertiliser need to be to achieve the same margin as a quality Yara CCF NPK fertiliser on grass?

For this comparison, you will need to know if the NPK blend contains CAN or Urea, as this influences the typical yield loss from a blended fertiliser.

Yara CCF Fertiliser 

Nutrient content (%)

Blended Fertiliser

Nutrient content (%)

Crop Details

If the NPK blend includes Urea then use 5% as the typical yield loss. If the NPK blend includes CAN then use 2% as the typical yield loss


Recent development work carried out by Yara investigated the segregation of nutrients that occurs as the hopper discharges during application. It was found that using inferior quality blended fertiliser led to yield reductions of up to 5% due to poor distribution of nutrients. Read more

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Best Option

Yara CCF Fertiliser 

Amount of fertiliser applied

833 kgs /acre

Amount of nitrogen applied

225 units N /acre

Amount of phosphorus applied

42 units P /acre

Amount of potassium applied

42 units K /acre

Amount of sulphur applied

42 units S /acre

Cost of fertiliser applied

282 €/acre

Expected crop yield

10 t/acre

Yield loss

0 t/acre

Actual crop yield

10 t/acre

Crop value

1650 €/acre

Margin over fertiliser ?

1368 €/acre

Blended Fertiliser

Amount of fertiliser applied

900 kgs /acre

Amount of nitrogen applied

225 units N /acre

Amount of phosphorus applied

36 units P /acre

Amount of potassium applied

36 units K /acre

Amount of sulphur applied

45 units S /acre

Cost of fertiliser applied

270 € /acre

Expected crop yield

10 t/acre

Yield loss due to blend

0.2 t/acre

Actual crop yield

9.8 t/acre

Crop value

1617 €/acre

Margin over fertiliser ?

1347 €/acre

To achieve the same margin as the compound fertiliser the price of blended fertiliser would need to be

276 €/t

Yara's fertiliser is of the HIGHEST quality. Why do we say this? click the link here to find out why. 

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