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There have been two notable exceptions when fertilizer prices spiked to extremely wide levels over crop prices.
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The grain-fertilizer balancing act

There’s a strong correlation between grain and fertilizer prices

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Every business is an economic equation balancing input costs with output prices, expenses and revenues to achieve the all-important profit margin number. For many businesses, the price of those inputs and outputs are relatively stable. In farming, where outputs are volatile agricultural commodities and inputs are made from equally volatile energy, mineral and metal commodities, managing both sides
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Yara to halt Belgian fertilizer unit

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Norway’s Yara, one of the world’s largest fertilizer makers, says it will halt output at its Belgian unit as part of a wider European reduction plan linked to soaring gas prices. Fertilizers require large amounts of energy to be produced. The surge in gas prices has prompted several manufacturers, including Yara, to cut production. Yara
“I was personally interested to quantify the concerns I had seen anecdotally in the farm press and elsewhere.” – Greg Dunlop, iFusion.
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Fertilizer emissions view split on party lines: survey

Farmers generally pessimistic, distrustful of government’s emissions target

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Farmers who vote Liberal or NDP are far more likely to think the federal fertilizer emissions reduction target is feasible than farmers who vote Conservative, a recent survey indicates. That meant the majority of survey respondents were pessimistic about the government’s goals, as 77 per cent said they’d vote Conservative. In an Aug. 29 survey,
The federal government’s twin goals of growing agriculture exports and reducing fertilizer emissions seem to be at odds.
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Farmers and industry say government’s emissions plans at odds with export goals

Groups ask for goals to be based on emissions per bushel but this may not reduce emissions long-term

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The federal government’s goal to reduce emissions from nitrogen fertilizer is at odds with plans to increase agricultural exports by 55 per cent, say agriculture and fertilizer groups. “This 55 [per cent] increase is attainable; however, it is unlikely to be achieved by the shackling of grain, pulse and oilseed farmers through the reduced use
File photo of a BNSF grain train in Montana. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)
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U.S. railways to halt grain shipments ahead of potential shutdown

Fall fertilizer traffic also at risk

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Chicago | Reuters — Some U.S. railroads will start halting crop shipments on Thursday, a day ahead of a potential work stoppage, an agricultural association and sources at two grain co-operatives said on Tuesday, threatening exports and feed deliveries for livestock. With farmers starting to harvest autumn crops that are shipped to meat and biofuels
File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey. (Bfk92/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

U.S. working with U.N. on Russia food, fertilizer export complaints

Black Sea pact up for renewal in November

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New York | Reuters — The United States is working with the United Nations to address Russian complaints that sanctions are hindering its food and fertilizer shipments, even though there has been no disruption to Moscow’s exports of the commodities, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. The United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia agreed
“The experts in this field know that it’s an absolute hairball to measure accurately.” – Don Flaten
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Examining the burning nitrogen questions

If you’re confused about nitrogen emissions, you’re not alone. How can the non-scientists among us cut through the noise?

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After weeks of fury over federal nitrogen emission targets, the waters are muddy at best. Everyone has their own take and, as I’ve learned in my short reporting career, everyone has data to back up their view, no matter how obscure. I can’t be the only one neck deep in position papers, scientific studies and
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Grain groups call for intensity goals, not absolute emissions

The two groups call for support for 4R nutrient management practices in submissions to the federal government

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The Western Canadian Wheat Growers and Grain Growers of Canada are calling for the federal government to drop its goal of a 30 per cent reduction in fertilizer emissions in favour of an ‘intensity’ based goal. “With the threat of global food insecurity, we must develop an approach that aligns the imminent need for increased
FCL’s Co-op Fertilizer Terminal at Brandon. (Photo courtesy Federated Co-operatives Ltd.)
Crops

Canada can cut fertilizer emissions 14 per cent by 2030, industry groups say

Report touts use of 4R practices

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from applying nitrogen fertilizer by 14 per cent by 2030 through adoption of more sustainable farm practices and new technology, without any overall reduction in fertilizer use, agriculture industry groups said on Wednesday. Such reductions of nitrous oxide from 2020 levels would fall well
File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey. (Bfk92/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

U.N., Moscow discuss Russian grain, fertilizer exports

Grain not getting to poorer countries, Putin alleges

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United Nations | Reuters — Senior U.N. and Russian officials met in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss Russian complaints that Western sanctions were impeding its grain and fertilizer exports despite a U.N.-brokered deal to boost Russian and Ukrainian shipments of the commodities. The United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia agreed on July 22 on what

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