A Manitoba farm is about to be the real-world testing ground for green ammonia: anhydrous that is produced on site using clean technology and is both more friendly to the environment and frees the farmer from fertilizer market volatility.
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Farm-produced anhydrous ammonia in the home stretch
R&L Acres near Sperling will soon be producing its own anhydrous ammonia using water, air and hydro
Dutch farm manufactures liquid fertilizer to avoid manure hauling
Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops and to avoid running afoul of the country’s nutrient regulations
Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops and to avoid running afoul of the country’s nutrient regulations. Farmers in the country are frustrated by the hoops they have to jump through thanks to government policy.
Europe’s manure mathematics frustrate farmers
Strict rules in the Netherlands limit nitrogen application, depending on the form it takes when applied
In the Netherlands, farmers are trucking their cattle manure long distances in order to keep within the lines of the country's nitrogen restrictions, but farmers still have to fertilize, and are getting frustrated with the requirement.
Intercrops, humic acid highlighted at SERF
Is humic acid worth it? That’s one of many questions the Saskatchewan research farm hopes to answer
From humic acid to intercrops to disease and novel crops, here’s the work being done at the South East Research Farm in 2024.
Nutrien moves on from Louisiana ammonia project amid cost cuts
Reuters – Nutrien NTR.TO on Wednesday said it was no longer pursuing its clean ammonia project in Louisiana and would also be reviewing strategic options for its stake in an Argentinian fertilizer company as it looks to rein in expenses. The top potash producer had halted work indefinitely on its clean ammonia project at Geismar,
Nutrien idles three blenders in Brazil ‘indefinitely’
Nutrien Ltd, the world's largest producer of potash fertilizer, confirmed on Tuesday that it is indefinitely halting three blenders in Brazil, where it is trying to navigate difficult market conditions.
U.S. fertilizer imports helping fund Russian war effort, CF Industries says
Reuters – U.S. agriculture companies have been brisk importers of Russian fertilizer since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, a practice that is unwittingly helping fund Russia’s war against Ukraine, U.S. producer CF Industries CF.N said on Thursday. The U.S. does not impose sanctions directly on Russian fertilizer, which is important to global food supplies and prices.
Quicker tissue test for corn growers
Testing for nutrients takes an in-field turn with newer technology
Glacier FarmMedia – A nutrient testing system first used in potatoes is now moving into corn. The Leaf-Evaluated-Nutrient-System (LENS) unit from Picketa Systems, based in Fredericton, N.B., is promising growers and crop advisers a new, efficient and cost-effective testing method for nutrients. The technology has been used in potato crops for the past three growing seasons, and the company
Keeping safe around anhydrous tanks
Anhydrous ammonia tanks require robust testing, and an incident out of the U.S. shows why
Brian Downie, who handles the regulatory side of Shur-Gro’s anhydrous ammonia operations, says he feels comfortable standing next to any nurse tank currently in service in Canada. The ag industry weeded out problem tanks when more robust testing was implemented about a decade ago, he said. Today, he’s confident in the required regimen. “They’re tested
Biofertilizer made from insects comes to market
Cricket-based fertilizer, Kickin’ Frass, launched by Ontario company
Glacier FarmMedia – Ontario-based firm SureSource Agronomy is rolling out a line of crop nutrient products derived from the excrement, exoskeletons and discarded feed materials of crickets. The insects are raised in the firm’s Aspire insect farming facility in London, and their byproduct is called frass. The company announced Feb. 20 that it has received
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