Argus Europe Fertilizer

09:30 Chairs opening remarks
Michael Lassen, Sales Manager Europe, Plant Nutrition, Compass Minerals

09:40 Panel discussion: Global micronutrient market overview

• Supply and demand trends
• Global restrictions and challenges
• Market opportunities
• Influential new projects

Robert Roguszka, Export Sales Director, ADOB
Rasmus Röder, Marketing and Sales Manager - Northern and Eastern Europe, Lebosol

10:20 New challenges and opportunities for the fertilizer industry with micronutrient nutrition of crop plants

• Results with increased micronutrient application
• Long term requirements or achieving success   

10:50 Coffee

11:20 The role of zinc in European crops

•  Are zinc deficiencies in Europe being met?
• Effects of zinc on crop quality
• Promoting the use of zinc in high value crop regions

11:50 Multi-functional boron in fertilizer granulation - an innovative approach to incorporating boron and other micronutrients

• Specialty companies approaches to innovation
• Product development innovation
• Using farmers’ inputs for development
• The importance of using top management to ensure success

Igan Hayati, Technical Director, Kemitel

12:20 Lunch

14:00 The benefits of foliar fertilizer application to crops in East Europe

• Regional challenges for foliar application
• Outlook for the region

Paweł Malarczyk, Business Unit Director – Agrochemicals, EKOPLON

14:30 Chelated micronutrients for use in fertigation

• Benefits of fertigation
• Trial results and soil analysis
• Challenges of fertigation

Levi Bin, Agronomist, Nouryon

15:00 Creating added value fertilizers through coatings

• Micronutrient application
• Incorporating active ingredients
• Creating tailor-made solutions
• Test results and developments

Kim ten Wolde, Product Manager Fertilizer Additives, Novochem Group

15:30 End of forum

A guide to global fertilizer production, trade and demand dynamics. Offering a broad understanding of the fertilizer market fundamentals and an overview of the main themes effecting the market today.

09:30 The role of mineral fertilizers in agriculture

Oliver Hatfield, VP Business Development, Argus

10:15 Insights into the nitrogen markets

Steve Mitchell, Editor – Argus Nitrogen, Argus

11:30 A focus on the phosphate markets
Mike Nash, Editor - Argus Phosphates, Argus

12:15 Developments in the potash markets
David Maher, Editor – Argus Europe, Argus

13:00 Lunch

14:00 A snapshot of the sulphur markets
Andrew Kanyemba, Reporter – Argus Sulphur, Argus

14:45 NPK’s, specialty and added value fertilizers
Julia Campbell, Editor – Argus NPKs, Argus

15:30 Q&A and closing remarks

Round table discussions

1. Africa - Hosted by Gopal Chandak, Regional Head - West Africa & Asia (Fertilizer & Agri Inputs), Export Trading Group
2. China - Hosted by Kris Li, Vice President, Shanxi Huaxin Fertilizer Corp
3. Europe - Hosted by David Maher, Editor – Argus Europe, Argus
4. Turkey - Hosted by Moustafa Fouad, Commercial Director, Evergrow For Speciality Fertilizers Company
5. Particle Analysis Instruments and Solutions for Improving Product Quality - Robert Waggeling, Sales & Marketing Manager EMEA, Microtrac
6. Importance of Agricultural Fertilizer Efficiency - Luciano Lucero, President Sales, INNOVAR

Enjoy an evening of food, drinks and dancing! 

* Registered attendees only 

• Supply and demand trends
• Global restrictions and challenges
• Market opportunities
• Technical innovations
• Influential new projects

Rasmus Röder, Marketing and Sales Manager - Northern and Eastern Europe, Lebosol Dünger
Adrian Stubbs, Principal Potash & Fertilizers, Argus
Kevin Moran, Chief Technology Officer, Kingenta

• The Plants for Plants program
• Why NPK alone will not be enough
• Essential additives
• The LIFE project

• Effects of manganese on crop quality
• Promoting the use of manganese in high value crop regions

• Specialty companies approaches to innovation
• Product development innovation
• Using farmers’ inputs for development
• The importance of using top management to ensure success

• Regional challenges for foliar application
• Outlook for the region

• Benefits of fertigation
• Trial results and soil analysis
• Challenges of fertigation

• Micronutrient application
• Incorporating active ingredients
• Creating tailor-made solutions
• Test results and developments
  
  

Thursday 17 October

Organised in association with Fertilizers Europe and International Fertiliser Society

• The European market for organic products
• Impacts of organic fertilizers on yield and crop quality
• Benefits of organic products for achieving balanced fertilization

• The importance of sulphur
• When do sulphur deficiencies occur?
• Best practices for applying sulphur

• European developments for the biostimulants market
• Using biostimulants to enhance nutrient uptake
• Reduced stress tolerance and improving quality

• Strategies for improving NUE
• Industry challenges
• Outlook for 2020
  
  

Franck Boher, Business Unit Director AS, Fibrant
Alberto Rodríguez, CEO, FERTIEUROPA
Andreas Steinbuechler, General Manager, Borealis

• Supply and demand trends
• Market challenges
• Regional opportunities
     

• Where will Russian production go?
• Opportunities for European producers to penetrate Ukrainian market
• Will product application change?

• EU trade policy
• Licence to operate
• EU energy and climate change targets
• CAP reform update

• An overview of agriculture mechanisms and their variables
• How is the drive for sustainability impacting agriculture?
• Factors impacting farming arbitrage
• Outlook for supply and demand in 2020

• Improving nutrient use efficiency with multi-nutrient products
• Compatibility with European crop types
• Opportunities in Europe for multi-blend fertilizers

• Shipping bulk in containers
• Risks, techniques and benefits
• Packaging practices
• Increasing sustainability

• Shipping bulk in containers 
• Risks, techniques and benefits 
• Packaging practices 
• Increasing sustainability
     

• What are the tools for managing volatility?
• Fertilizer futures market explained
• Tools for managing risk

Owain Johnson, Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Product Development, CME Group
Ron Foxon, Principal and Senior Broker, Falcon Commodity Markets

• Guidelines and key dates for registration of new fertilizers  
• The impact on farmers with the new range of fertilizing products
• Outlook for the new regulation

• How are organisations becoming more sustainable?
• Challenges in the industry
• Long term outlook for increasing efficiency

• An overview for the ammonium sulphate market
• Which crops need amsul?
• Market challenges and outlook for the amsul market
  
  

• Using zinc, manganese and molybdenum to increase the efficacy of granular N & P fertilizers
• Environmental benefits of incorporating coatings

• What is the near term outlook for the main N, P and K product markets?
• How are the fundamentals for these products changing?
• What opportunities are likely to emerge?”