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Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

By GFM Network News March 17, 2015

CNS Canada — A shortfall in production seems to have made granular ammonium sulphate, the prime fertilizer used by canola growers in Western Canada, relatively scarce just weeks away from seeding. “Last year (it was) $470 a tonne, now it’s $525 a tonne; if you can get it. Those were the words from my supplier,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer prices stray away from corn influence: Analyst

By GFM Network News January 24, 2015

CNS Canada — Foreign exports and transportation look like they could be the main issues facing the fertilizer industry in 2015. Countries such as Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are busy players on the market, with Morocco also ramping up production. As a result, more supplies of phosphates and other fertilizers are out there, according to […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Features

Higher corn yields through fertility

Fertility recommendations vary from farm to farm, but may be lower for zero-till fields

By Julienne Isaacs November 24, 2014

Prairie farmers are used to being flexible, always on the lookout for new recommendations for fertility applications — and when it comes to growing corn, they have to be. Corn is an expensive crop with high nutritional requirements. And every farmer’s land requires something slightly different. Morgan Cott, field agronomist for Manitoba Corn Growers Association, […] Read more

News

The right amount of nitrogen for soybeans

Between hearing of U.S. farmers adding extra nitrogen, and  warnings about choosing fields with low nitrogen for soybeans, it’s easy to get confused

By Angela Lovell June 11, 2014

Some western Canadian farmers new to soybeans are understandably a little confused about the issue of whether or not they need to add nitrogen fertilizer to achieve better yields, especially if they are sourcing production information from the U.S. Differences in soils types, conditions and crop rotations mean that U.S. information isn’t necessarily applicable to […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Features

Intensify production by regulating growth

Plant growth regulators can give you higher yields, with lower crop height

By Andrea Hilderman May 9, 2014

Plant growth regulators (PGR) are not a new technology. They are commonly used in other areas of the world with high intensity cereal management systems, where high levels of nitrogen fertilizer are being used and lodging is a threat to yield and quality. Data from the U.K. Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs […] Read more

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Planning ahead for fertility

With consistently higher yields, many farmers across North America are neglecting the basics: nutrient replacement

By Melanie Epp February 18, 2014

When agrologist Matt Gosling visited Chris Dennison in New Zealand he wanted to know how Dennison had become the world record holder for wheat production. Dennison answered the question in a simple word: replacement. When it comes to soil nutrition, Gosling has a similar philosophy: farmers should be monitoring soil status and replacing the nutrients they […] Read more

Features

Three ways to lose nitrogen

Nitrogen is essential, expensive and easy to lose. New nitrogen efficiency  products are built to offset these causes of nitrogen loss

By Leeann Minogue February 12, 2014

Nitrogen is essential and expensive. But a good portion of the nitrogen farmers apply to the soil doesn’t get where it’s intended to go. Before the product can get to the plant in a form the plant can use, valuable nitrogen is lost through volatilization (released from the soil into the atmosphere as a gas), […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Tag Archives nitrogen

Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

Fertilizer prices stray away from corn influence: Analyst

Higher corn yields through fertility

The right amount of nitrogen for soybeans

Intensify production by regulating growth

Planning ahead for fertility

Three ways to lose nitrogen

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