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nitrogen nodules on faba beans
Biologicals, Crops

Nitrogen-fixing biologicals fall short at field level

Challenges remain for products to achieve their hoped-for potential

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Glacier FarmMedia — Dave Franzen is a straight shooter. If he doesn’t know the answer, the North Dakota State University soil scientist will admit it; if he does, he’ll tell you. As an example, in the summer of 2022 researchers from land grant universities across the north-central U.S. studied commercially available, biological nitrogen-fixing products to […] Read more
Capacity to sit on this year’s crop waiting for a better price won’t be an option available to everyone.
Crops, News

Feeling the pinch

Uncertainty across commodity and input markets creates difficult choices for farmers

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Farmers are facing a tight squeeze this fall. Commodity prices are low, and the lower input prices that they’re used to this time of year are not materializing. Keystone Agricultural Producers president Jill Verwey says it’s a tough time for growers. “Being able to make a profit this year is going to be pretty slim,” […] Read more
salford valmar ab640 at ag in motion
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: Salford introduces Valmar AB640 air boom applicator

New granular applicator gets a wider 90-foot air boom

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Growers now have more choices than ever on how to apply a lot of fertilizer in a short amount of time. In July Salford introduced its newest and largest air boom applicator. With a 90-foot boom, the Valmar AB640 goes well past the brand’s previous flagship model, the 9620, which offers 72 feet of working […] Read more
bourgault side band shank
Crops, Equipment, Machinery

Three opener types available from Bourgault

Brand offers drills with side-band and mid-row fertilizer banding technology

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Bourgault showed its PLS, PLX and PLDS openers at its display on the grounds of the Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Sask. in July. Like other popular brands, it’s best known for the the original opener design it went to market with several years ago. That was a single knife for seed placement […] Read more
Joseph McKee preps seeding equipment at Stirling, southeast of Lethbridge.
Crops, Features

Feeding dry fields

Prairie farmers find more than one way to optimize fertilizer efficiency, whether in dry growing seasons or in any growing season

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Farmers and crop consultants in Western Canada have slightly different approaches to manage weather-related fertilizer application risks. With variable moisture, do you apply the full amount at seeding and hope for rain — or find another way? Most producers contacted by Grainews opt for some version of split fertilizer application when facing dry growing conditions […] Read more
CF Industries is one of the world’s biggest nitrogen fertilizer producers and competes against Russian imports. Photo: Thinkstock
News, Reuters

U.S. fertilizer imports helping fund Russian war effort, CF Industries says

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Reuters – U.S. agriculture companies have been brisk importers of Russian fertilizer since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, a practice that is unwittingly helping fund Russia’s war against Ukraine, U.S. producer CF Industries CF.N said on Thursday. The U.S. does not impose sanctions directly on Russian fertilizer, which is important to global food supplies and prices. […] Read more
standing stubble from a fall harvested crop
Columns, Crops

Drought preparedness through soil and crop management

After each dry year, adapt your drought plan based on your experiences and what you learned

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As spring approaches, the agricultural community is becoming increasingly concerned about potential forecasts of drought across the southern Prairies. And rightly so; the print and electronic media have posted numerous drought-related articles. Wide areas of southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan and their dryland farms, irrigated farms and ranching areas could be affected. But what helpful […] Read more

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