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EU flags in front of the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. (Jorisvo/iStock/Getty Images)
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EU predicts pain for farmers, consumers from Ukraine crisis

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Brussels | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and EU sanctions on Moscow will prove painful for farmers, consumers, fertilizer makers and exporters of farm products, the European Commission warned on Monday. Michael Scannell, deputy director-general of the Commission’s agriculture division, said grain buyers should brace for higher prices given that Russia and Ukraine made
Paragon Ag Service’s site west of Melfort. (Lakecountryco-op.crs)
Crops

Two Saskatchewan co-ops to buy ag input retailer

Paragon Ag Service assets to be divvied up

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A pair of Saskatchewan co-operatives are expanding their reach in the crop input retail sector in that province’s northeast, with a deal to buy an independent dealership chain. Lake Country Co-op and Prairie North Co-op announced Tuesday they have agreements in place to buy the assets of Melfort-based Paragon Ag Service from owners Sherman Boland
Soil biology is garnering more attention as crop input costs rise.
News

Farmers test microbes to nourish crops as climate pressure grows, costs rise

Soil biologicals are getting a lot of attention — and research money — in the past couple of years

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Reuters – Tech companies are raising hundreds of millions of dollars, including backing from agriculture heavyweights like Bayer AG, in developing farm products that use living things like microbes and seaweed to nourish crops and lessen the need for synthetic fertilizer. Microbes, including fungi and viruses, have been available for decades as treatments to protect
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Kremlin says shipping Belarus potash via Russian ports being discussed

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Moscow is discussing the possibility of shipping Belarusian potash via Russian ports, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters February 2. Sanctions-hit Belarus said it had diverted its potash shipments from Lithuania’s Klaipeda port to Russian ports after Vilnius decided to halt the use of its railway for Belarus exports of the crop nutrient. “This
Agronomists say the drought has left a lot of variability out there, so careful soil testing will be a valuable tool.
News, Other

This is a year for a plan when planting

Have Plans A, B and C in place this spring, agronomists say

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This is going to be the year for cagey planning, according to Manitoba agronomists Wendy Kostur of Gilbert Plains and Jason Voogt of Carman. The two big factors are last year’s drought, which has left moisture levels low, combined with this year’s input costs, they told the Manitoba Agronomist Conference earlier this winter. “This is
File photo of cropland in Greece. (Urbazon/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets, Other

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

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Larissa | Reuters — Farmers in central Greece on Friday protested with hundreds of tractors against soaring energy costs, dismissing government support measures as inadequate and demanding more help to cope with rising prices. The farmers parked tractors on a national highway near the town of Larissa in central Greece, where they faced off with
File photo of Canpotex potash cars. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Nutrien eyes potash production boost amid turmoil in Russia, Belarus

Idled Saskatchewan mines could be restarted

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Nutrien, the world’s biggest potash miner, could boost production by up to 29 per cent in coming years, depending on any sanctions facing rival producers in Russia and Belarus, the Canadian company’s interim CEO told Reuters. Prices of granular potash fertilizer are near 10-year highs in the United States and Brazil,

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