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The photo shows NE26 Township 11 Range 11, west of Meridian 1, three miles east of Austin, Man. The soils are of the Almassippi association. The details of individual soils are all available online at Manitoba Agri-Maps at the Agrimaps website (see link at right).
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Nitrate down the well

Quit porking on so much N

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This song has been sung before in this column. With the death of babies as a possible consequence, it bears repeating. Nitrate in the environment In a native grass environment like my grandfather and yours broke up to farm, nitrate was a rare molecule. Native grass evolved by staying brown and doing nothing when it […] Read more
Crops, Markets

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

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MarketsFarm — Expect fertilizer prices to resume increasing, despite having fallen back recently. Prices began their sharp rise around the middle of December and beginning of January. “They will go higher as demand goes up at seeding time,” Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro in Winnipeg said. Jubinville reported urea prices have jumped $100 per tonne […] Read more
Crops, Machinery and Shop, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Facing green push on farm, fertilizer makers look to sea for growth

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Winnipeg/Oslo | Reuters — Two of the world’s biggest fertilizer producers, CF Industries and Yara International, are seeking to cash in on the green energy transition by reconfiguring ammonia plants in the U.S. and Norway to produce clean energy to power ships. The consumption of oil for transportation is one of the top contributors to […] Read more
Crops, Reuters, Weather

Fertilizer use fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions, study says

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London | Reuters — Rising use of nitrogen-based fertilizers is driving up global emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas, complicating efforts to limit climate change, scientists reported in a study on Wednesday. Most of the focus in curbing climate-warming gas emissions has focused on the most abundant, carbon dioxide, and one of the […] Read more
Crops, News

New nitrogen stabilizer available in Canada

Anvol offers long-lasting protection from ammonia volatilization

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Anvol, a new, patented, nitrogen stabilizer developed by Koch Agronomic Services, is now available in Canada. The product, which can be used with urea or UAN (urea ammonium nitrate) fertilizers, offers extended volatilization protection through a novel active ingredient called Duromide. The active ingredient was designed to provide longer-lasting protection from ammonia volatilization beyond the […] Read more
Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Three situations where an in-crop nitrogen application may be worthwhile

Q & A with an expert

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Q: When should I consider an “in-crop” application of nitrogen? A: Under the arid environment of the Canadian Prairies, splitting nitrogen applications in annual crops (e.g. applying 70 per cent of the nitrogen at time of seeding and top dressing the balance during the vegetative stage) rarely provides an agronomic benefit over applying all the […] Read more
Features

Today’s biggest issues in soil fertility

When to broadcast, shallow band, deep band and top dress

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Rigas Karamanos, a senior agronomist with Koch Fertilizer Canada, is one of the leading Canadian experts in soil fertility today. After speaking at hundreds of producer conferences and research symposiums, Karamanos says there are four major topics that come up again and again at every discussion of agricultural soil fertility. Broadcasting, shallow banding, deep banding […] Read more
Crops, Features

Finding the fit for premium fertilizer products

Good for reducing the environmental footprint, crop production and management

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Enhanced efficiency fertilizer (EEF) products that provide a range of benefits in terms of crop production and management, as well as environmental benefits, are likely to play an increasingly important role in coming years of Western Canadian crop production, says Mario Tenuta, a University of Manitoba soil scientist. The products, with familiar brand names such […] Read more
Crops, Features

Fall-applied nitrogen and nitrogen stabilizers

Keep your nitrogen in the soil where plants need it

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Applying nitrogen fertilizer in the fall is an effective way to manage time and efficiency when spring comes. However, it can be hard to assess how much nitrogen is available in the root zone early in the season and what was lost to leaching and denitrification. Leaching is the loss of nitrates to the soil […] Read more

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