Daily Network News

More News →

Tag Archives Ammonia

David Layzell from the University of Calgary spoke about green ammonia at the Western Canada Green Ammonia Workshop recently.
Crops, News

VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?

By
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
File photo of Canpotex potash cars. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

More affordability, usage of fertilizers in 2024, analyst says

Israel's fertilizer output normal for now

By ,
MarketsFarm — While global fertilizer prices were projected to be steady to higher in 2024, overall affordability is set to improve while usage will increase, according to one analyst. Samuel Taylor, a New York City-based farm inputs analyst for RaboResearch Food and AgriBusiness, delivered a presentation on the fertilizer market during the firm’s Fall Harvest
(Video screengrab from SQM.com via YouTube)

Nutrien to pause potash ramp up, ammonia project on falling prices

Potash prices have eased after the resumption of shipments from major supplier Belarus

By ,
Reuters – Nutrien NTR.TO on Wednesday decided to indefinitely pause its ramp-up plans for potash production and halt work on its clean ammonia project at Geismar, Louisiana, as the world’s biggest fertilizer producer grapples with falling prices. Its U.S.-listed shares fell 2.6% in extended trading as the company cited market conditions for stopping efforts to
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops, Markets

Ukraine ‘99.9 per cent’ certain Russia will quit Black Sea deal next month

Russia wants demands met on ammonia shipments

By ,
Kyiv | Reuters — Russia is 99.9 per cent certain to quit a U.N.-brokered deal on the safe wartime passage of Black Sea grain next month because it no longer needs Ukrainian ports to export ammonia, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said. The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea Grain Initiative with Moscow and
A Belize-flagged bulker, carrying grain under UN’s Black Sea Grain Initiative, transits the Bosphorus at Istanbul on May 12, 2023. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops, Markets

Ukraine says Russia again blocking Black Sea grain export deal

Russia seeks ammonia transit via Pivdennyi

By ,
Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s ministry of renovation and infrastructure said on Thursday the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal had been halted again because Russia had blocked registration of ships to all Ukrainian ports. A U.N. spokesman said Russia had informed officials overseeing the initiative that Moscow would limit registrations to the port of
Liberia-flagged bulker K Sukret, carrying grain under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits for inspection in the southern anchorage of Istanbul on May 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Mehmet Emin Caliskan)
Crops, Markets

Black Sea grain deal slow to get moving after extension

Ukraine says Russia has effectively frozen out one port

By
United Nations | Reuters — A deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has not yet resumed full operations, the United Nations said on Friday, having come to a halt before Russia’s decision last week to extend it. The pact called the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops

U.N. efforts to save Black Sea grain deal to continue in coming days

Russia demands include restarting ammonia pipeline

By
United Nations | Reuters — The U.N. aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit effective Thursday over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The final two ships are due to
A FuelPositive containerized production system. The system combines hydrogen produced from water through electrolysis and nitrogen extracted from the air to produce anhydrous ammonia that can be stored on-farm.
News

Countdown to green anhydrous ammonia

On-farm, low-emissions anhydrous ammonia production touted as fertilizer disruptor

By
Green ammonia production is about to be put through its paces on one southern Manitoba farm. Green energy company FuelPositive, based in Waterloo, Ont., says its inaugural farm-scale demonstration system will be deployed in January near Sperling. The system is set to be installed on R&L Acres, operated by Tracy and Curtis Hiebert. Why it matters: Green
“We are reducing production at facilities that require large volumes of natural gas, such as ammonia plants,” Martin Brudermueller, BASF CEO.
News

BASF readies for another ammonia cut

The company cut ammonia output last September and will now reduce further

By
Reuters – BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, is cutting ammonia production again due to soaring natural gas prices, it said July 27, with potential value-chain ramifications ranging from farming to fizzy drinks. Germany’s biggest ammonia maker, SKW Piesteritz, and number four, Ineos, also said they could not rule out production cuts as the country grapples with

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Nov. 28, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →