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The federal government has set a target to reduce fertilizer emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, but Prairie ag ministers have concerns about the plan.

Manitoba ag minister knocks Ottawa’s fertilizer plan

The federal government faces a wave of criticism at the provincial level over fertilizer emission reduction targets

By Don Norman August 4, 2022

Manitoba’s agriculture minister is joining a chorus of industry insiders and fellow provincial ag ministers criticizing the federal government’s 30 per cent fertilizer emissions reduction target. The federal target was a last-minute addition to the discussion schedule during the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial agriculture ministers in Saskatoon in mid-July. “The ministers of agriculture

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Needless concern

By Laura Rance-Unger August 4, 2022

Farmers came away from the recent federal, provincial and territorial (FTP) ministers meeting in Saskatoon with a few items stroked off their wish list. Farm organizations welcomed a $500-million, or 25 per cent, increase in cost-shared funding over five years, half of which will help farmers fight climate change and reduce emissions. The ministers also

Morocco possesses more than 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves, giving it the potential to be an even larger fertilizer exporter than it is is today.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Morocco could hold a key to world food supply

The North African country’s potential to source fertilizer should not be discounted

By Michaël Tanchum August 3, 2022

Morocco has a large fertilizer industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world’s top four fertilizer exporters, following Russia, China and Canada. Morocco has advantages in phosphorus fertilizer production. It possesses more than 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate rock reserves from which to derive those fertilizers. This

A coalition of growers is calling on the federal government to return fertilizer tariffs, or at least for those purchases made before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers should not pay the price for Russia’s war

Farmers say federal fertilizer tariffs on purchases made prior to the invasion of Ukraine should be returned

By Ontario Bean Growers August 2, 2022

Farmers across Canada are paying a 35 per cent federal tariff on fertilizers purchased from Russia prior to the war. Those regulations have placed a huge price disadvantage for Ontario’s, and Canada’s, crops. “We recognize the mistakes the Russian government has made in invading Ukraine, but making farmers, and ultimately Canadian consumers, pay for a

Sheldon Stott, senior director of corporate sustainability with HyLife Foods, speaks on the company’s fertilizer emission reduction project on July 18.

News, Other

More funding announced for greenhouse gas reductions

$2.5 million announced for green technology programs in Manitoba

By Don Norman August 2, 2022

HyLife Foods of La Broquerie has previously received a boost from the federal government’s Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) program, but after the latest round of funding announced earlier in July, it is on a growing list of recipients. On July 18, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced funds for 28 additional projects under

Mosaic’s mine shaft tower from its K3 facility in southern Sask. Photo: Greg Berg

Markets

Mosaic sees fertilizer demand supported by tight crop supplies into 2023

By GFM Network News August 2, 2022

Reuters – Mosaic Co MOS.N said on Monday it expects tight grain and oilseed markets into 2023, encouraging the continued use of fertilizers despite their surging costs. “The war in Ukraine, high temperatures in North America and Europe, and developing drought conditions in parts of South America highlight the risk for reduced yields globally,” Mosaic said.

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: There’s money on the table. Use it

By Gord Gilmour July 28, 2022

Earlier this summer, serious funds to help farmers lower fertilizer emission levels landed in Manitoba. The Prairie Watersheds Climate Program, administered by the Manitoba Association of Watersheds, is part of the federal government’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund, which promises to spend $200 million over three years. The program will fund a dozen programs aimed at

China’s Top Export Markets for Diammonium Phosphate in 2021 (graphic): China is the world’s biggest phosphates exporter, shipping 10 million tonnes last year, or about 30 per cent of total world trade.

News

China issues phosphate quotas to rein in fertilizer exports

High global prices have incentivized exports, raising domestic food security concerns

By Dominique Patton, Emily Chow July 27, 2022

Reuters – China is rolling out a quota system to limit exports of phosphates, a key fertilizer ingredient, in the second half of this year, analysts said, citing information from the country’s major phosphate producers. The quotas, set well below year-ago export levels, would expand China’s intervention in the market to keep a lid on

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on July 19 attended an event in Winnipeg marking the 50th anniversary of Cereals Canada with that organization’s CEO Dean Dias. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops

Direct compensation for fertilizer tariffs not on table

Eastern farm groups call for help ahead of fall seeding

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 25, 2022

Farmers in Eastern Canada who rely on imports of Russian-made fertilizers aren’t going to see direct compensation for the federal government’s general tariff on those products. A clutch of farmer and ag industry groups on July 15 put forward a new request to Ottawa for compensation to farmers “negatively impacted” by a 35 per cent

Cargo ships are docked in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Nov. 4, 2016. (File photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko)

Crops, Markets

Deal to resume Ukraine Black Sea grain exports to be signed Friday

By GFM Network News July 21, 2022

Istanbul/United Nations | Reuters — Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will sign a deal on Friday to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Thursday. Russia and Ukraine are both major global wheat suppliers, but Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of its neighbour has sent food prices soaring

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle strengthen Tuesday

Larkin to step down as Grain Growers of Canada Executive Director

Calling for bigger crops ahead of StatCan report

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