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VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?

By Robert Arnason December 13, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia — The data is clear: diesel is hard to beat.  Using any metric — cost per litre, energy by weight or energy by volume — diesel is a superior fuel to alternatives like hydrogen or ammonia.  “Diesel is an absolutely amazing energy carrier,” said David Layzell, a University of Calgary professor and energy[...]

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Beef feeding margins in the green despite feed cost pressure

By Jerry Klassen February 6, 2025

High prices for fed cattle were protecting margins at the start of February, despite bullish outlook on feed prices

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Comment: It’s hard to be green while in the red

By Cam Dahl March 7, 2024

I’m not the one to come up with the line used in this article’s headline, but I wish I was. It is a succinct way of describing one of the most challenging policy aspects of sustainability. It is difficult, even impossible, to change farming practices aimed at improving environmental sustainability when experiencing negative margins. That[...]

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Fostering the green skills shift for future farming

By RBC December 2, 2023

Thanks to a recent $1.5 million gift from the RBC Foundation, the University of Manitoba will be playing a role in making farming more environmentally-sustainable and better suited for a net-zero economy. The gift will enable 45 graduate and undergraduate students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences to research and design innovative sustainable[...]

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Public wants 'green' farming, but wallets remain closed

By Ed White March 7, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadians say they care about climate change, but they aren’t willing to pay to address it. Canada’s food, agriculture and farming industries need to accept that failure as their own, according to the executive chair of Maple Leaf Foods. “They care, but they’re not motivated by it,” said Michael McCain, whose company[...]

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Green Gold calling out for Manitoba alfalfa growers

By Alexis Stockford March 26, 2021

The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) is once again on the hunt for producers to fill out its roster for this year’s Green Gold program. The association is looking for producers willing to tap their fields for regular hay samples, which will then feed into the alfalfa quality monitoring program. Why it matters: Alfalfa growers, particularly those[...]

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Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green

By Alan Guebert August 15, 2022

If American farmers and ranchers really want to live the oft-repeated boast that they are “the first environmentalists,” then, by golly, Joe Manchin and his Democratic Senate colleagues have the legislative vehicle to prove it. Manchin, the chief monkeywrencher of Dem dreams for the last two years, shocked everyone when he and Senate Majority Leader[...]

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Canada’s GoodLeaf Farms on track to become first vertical farm worldwide with all facilities profitable

By Lilian Schaer June 26, 2025

Vertical, indoor farms have generated hype and have bee touted for their ability to reduce Canadian reliance on U.S. produce imports, but checking financial boxes has been an issue

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Precision 4R cuts farm greenhouse gas emissions

By Jeff Melchior 11 hours ago

Lower areas in your field tend to emit more greenhouse gas, research shows that precision 4R nutrient stewardship practices can help mute the trend

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VIDEO: The dollars and sense of on-farm fertilizer

By Robert Arnason December 13, 2024

SPERLING, Man. — The retail price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer was about $1,100 per ton this summer in Western Canada.  That number comes from Curtis Hiebert, who farms near Sperling, Man.  Hiebert now has a green ammonia production system on his farm, which has a capacity of 100 tons of ammonia per year.  Related stories:[...]

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?

Beef feeding margins in the green despite feed cost pressure

Comment: It’s hard to be green while in the red

Fostering the green skills shift for future farming

Public wants 'green' farming, but wallets remain closed

Green Gold calling out for Manitoba alfalfa growers

Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green

Canada’s GoodLeaf Farms on track to become first vertical farm worldwide with all facilities profitable

Precision 4R cuts farm greenhouse gas emissions

VIDEO: The dollars and sense of on-farm fertilizer

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