VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?

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[...]



VIDEO: The dollars and sense of on-farm fertilizer

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.
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Setting up fertigation in potato crops for success

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