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[...]

Public wants 'green' farming, but wallets remain closed

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[...]


Green Gold calling out for Manitoba alfalfa growers

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[...]



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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American foulbrood vaccine gets Canadian green light

Canadian beekeepers are about to have the first vaccine for their stock. “It’s very exciting,” said Canadian Honey Council hive health specialist Osee Podolsky. The new vaccine targets American foulbrood, a spore-producing bacterial disease that gets its name from the unpleasant smell in infected hives. The disease is serious enough that standard industry practice for most symptomatic colonies is[...]