Urea prices in North America have been trending upwards since the end of March, as the spring planting season got underway.  Photo: File

Nutrien pays farmers for efficient nitrogen

Nutrien’s Sustainable Nitrogen Outcomes (SNO) program pays Prairie farmers to limit nitrogen loss and, therefore, fertilizer-related greenhouse gas emissions.

Nutrien’s Sustainable Nitrogen Outcomes (SNO) program pays Prairie farmers to limit nitrogen loss and, therefore, fertilizer-related greenhouse gas emissions.











A farmer in central Manitoba blows snow out of his driveway with a tractor-mounted snowblower after a major winter storm. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Prairie farms race to get ready for winter 2025

Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly

Equipment needs to be winterized and stored; fall field work needs to be done and there are a million tiny jobs to make sure both the farm yard and farm house are ready for the snow to fly