FuelPositive’s green ammonia plant installation on R & L Acres near Sperling, Man.

VIDEO: The dollars and sense of on-farm fertilizer

SPERLING, Man. — The retail price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer was about $1,100 per ton this summer in Western Canada. That number comes from Curtis Hiebert, who farms near Sperling, Man. Hiebert now has a green ammonia production system on his farm, which has a capacity of 100 tons of ammonia per year. Related stories:

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

VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?

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