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Russia, which controls up to 40 per cent of the global trade in ammonium nitrate, said on Tuesday it will stop exports of the fertilizer for one month until April 21 to ensure sufficient supply during the spring planting season.
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Russia stops ammonium nitrate exports for one month amid global supply crunch
Manitoba farmland values jumped 12.2% in 2025, biggest gain in Canada
Despite cooling land-market predictions, province posts strongest gains as land supply stays tight and expansion-focussed producers vie for acres.
Fertilizer prices are spiking — here’s what Manitoba farmers need to know before seeding
The Iran war has thrown global nitrogen supply into chaos, but farm management specialist Darren Bond says cold, hard numbers — not fear — should drive your spring decisions
Fertilizer prices have jumped nearly 30 per cent since the Iran conflict intensified in late February. Manitoba Agriculture's Darren Bond says detailed cost-of-production planning is the best way farmers can manage the risk heading into seeding.
Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers built success through diversification
Oakburn couple launched equipment assembly and seed businesses to support multi-generational grain operation
Braden and Misty Drul of Oakburn, Man., earned Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmers 2026 award for building a multi-generational operation through diversification. With land prices rising, they launched an equipment assembly business and Pioneer seed dealership to create revenue streams that support two families.
FCC raises inflation forecast on surging commodity prices
Canadian consumers may have little if any cushion remaining against future economic shocks, ag lender warns
Farm Credit Canada has raised its 2026 forecast for overall inflation as commodity prices spike due to war in the Middle East.
U.S. urges WTO members to rethink core tariff rule in face of China threat
The Trump administration on Monday urged World Trade Organization members to rethink the body’s core principle of “Most Favored Nation” bound tariff rates, arguing in a new position paper that this has led to discriminatory practices and imbalanced trade, including with China.
Fertilizer industry optimistic as Ottawa commits to cutting red tape
CFIA extends bulk fertilizer labelling deadline to 2027 and pledges to work with industry on cost-effective alternatives
Federal ministers and bureaucrats are now willing to modify or eliminate unhelpful regulations, including a rule that required complex bilingual labels on fertilizer delivered to Canadian farms. The CFIA extended the bulk fertilizer labelling deadline to July 2027.
Farm sustainability means farmer wellness too
University of Manitoba researchers want to talk farm succession, self-efficacy and community supports as part of agriculture wellness and sustainability study
University of Manitoba LEAP program wants to talk farm succession, self-efficacy and community supports as part of agriculture wellness and sustainability study.
Dairy farmers look to limit more loss of market
Trade tensions with the U.S. over Canadian milk continue, with Americans still concerned about tariff rate quota administration
Canadian dairy farmers have given up 18 per cent of domestic market in recent trade deals, want government to hold the line in a CUSMA review.
USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals
As China heads into the 2026/27 marketing year, the United States Department of Agriculture attachés in Beijing projected a few minor to moderate changes in the country’s soybean, canola, corn and wheat crops.