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When it comes to phosphorus and potassium, farmers and researchers speak two different languages.
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Make sure you mind your fertilizer Ps and Ks

The fertilizer story — why a pound of phosphorus may not really be a pound of phosphorus

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In a recent article I mentioned a classic old Alberta document that talks about managing Gray Wooded soils — low in fertility and organic matter. I pointed out that when the old boys had data about rates of application of phosphorus and potassium, they meant just that, P and K, not P2O5 and K2O — […] Read more
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Vale sells fertilizer unit to Mosaic

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Brasilia/Sao Paulo | Reuters — Vale SA’s US$2.5 billion sale of its fertilizer business to Mosaic Co., the latest step in the Brazilian iron ore miner’s strategy to reduce debt, also makes it the U.S. company’s biggest shareholder. Mosaic, which made the deal to improve its access to Brazil’s vast agricultural markets, will pay $1.25 […] Read more
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PotashCorp to cut jobs, output as prices sag

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Reuters — Fertilizer maker PotashCorp said Wednesday it was reducing jobs and output at one Saskatchewan mine and temporarily curtailing production at two others as the sector struggles with weak prices. The company said it would cut production at its Cory potash mine, just west of Saskatoon, to 800,000 million tonnes a year from 1.4 […] Read more
This is my good neighbour Iver Johnson with his 9770 and MacDon header cutting peas on the farm of another good neighbour Curtis Block near Dundurn, Sask., on August 16, 2016. The crop yielded 50 bushels per acre of of beautiful white peas. The MacDon header is a real cutting machine and Iver made good time. Curtis and Iver work together and it is a great thrill for this old fossil to watch it all happen. During harvest, Iver traded up to an S 680, so now they have two S 680s at work.
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Potashium: fertilizer mergers

In the wake of announced mergers, a look at the history of Prairie fertilizer

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The recent proposed merger of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan and Agrium has generated much discussion about the merits or pitfalls. I have little knowledge of the backroom dealings of huge corporations but am uneasy about companies becoming too large and competition dwindling. The final decision will be up to the Government of Canada Competition Bureau […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Agrium)
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Vale fertilizer sale seen on track despite review

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Rio de Janeiro | Reuters — Vale SA’s plan to dispose of fertilizer assets remains on track despite a request last week by Brazil’s state development bank, BNDES, to analyze the transaction more carefully, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. Terms of the deal, which involves the sale of certain assets […] Read more

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