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Getting The Most Out Of Green Gold

By Daniel Winters March 19, 2009

“Being the opportunistic SOBs that we are in the industry, we take that free nitrogen, convert it to something, and then charge the guys for it.” – RAY DOWBENKO Growing crops to feed the world removes nitrogen from the soil. To figure out how much needs to be put back in for next year, a

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Who picks up the tab for last year’s overpriced fertilizer?

By Daniel Winters February 26, 2009

It’s a classic “chicken” scenario, with both sides waiting to see whether the other caves first. Fertilizer retailers, stuck with overpriced inventories bought during last summer’s market peak, are hoping that the fear of shortages amidst the seeding rush will force farmers to start cutting cheques. Farmers, on the other hand, are holding out for

Country Crossroads

Community development blowing in the wind, says Mazier

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2009

“That’s a $2.5 billion hit. They call that leakage. I call that a flood.” – DAN MAZIER Dan Mazier has a bold vision for the future of the small towns and villages across the windswept Prairies. He pictures wind turbines above every community that would work night and day to harvest energy from the sky,

Crops

New twists on growing nitrogen, building soil organic matter

By Daniel Winters February 5, 2009

It is well known that alfalfa and other legumes in a crop rotation fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into the soil. What may be less widely understood, however, is the extra boost that more diverse crop rotations offer to long-term yields in the form of increased organic matter. This phenomenon is described by soil scientists

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Answer to fertilizer woes blowing in the wind, says researcher

By Daniel Winters February 5, 2009

Brandon Here’s an interesting experiment: On a hot day, open a six-pack of beer with your buddies and start drinking. When there’s only two left, observe the dynamics. The degree of thirst and the attitudes of the company present will determine how the situation gets resolved. That in a nutshell, describes the current global fossil

Cereals, Opinion

How the West can be wooed

By John Beckham January 15, 2009

“…being poor is not a watertight compartment. The relatively well off this year may be next year’s poor.” Michael Ignatieff, the newly minted leader of the Liberal party, is on record as wanting to re-establish a political presence in the form of elected members from Western Canada. He seems to want to do this through

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Biofuel industry growing internationally

By Alex Binkley December 18, 2008

Despite the controversy over crop production for food versus fuel and the shock of the financial credit squeeze, the biofuel industry is recording steady growth in many countr ies, the Canadian Renewable Fuel Summit was told in early December. But it has a long way to go before it reaches the level of global petroleum

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Ethanol slump blindsides U. S. corn growers

By Karl Plume December 4, 2008

Shrinking ethanol profits and a deepening recession that helped topple biofuels giant VeraSun into bankruptcy last month will force U. S. farmers to be far more skeptical of their corn buyers in the future. Farmers welcomed the rapid expansion of ethanol producers whose deep pockets helped propel the price of corn to record highs. But

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Farmers want heavy frost to help dry bumper corn crop

By Allan Dawson October 30, 2008

“We’ve harvested lots of corn late in the past. We just haven’t done it in a while. It’ll be a good experience for some of these young guys.” – Shawn McCutcheon Until a few weeks ago Manitoba corn farmers were praying it wouldn’t freeze; now a hard, killing frost is exactly what they want to

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Getting The Most Out Of Green Gold

Who picks up the tab for last year’s overpriced fertilizer?

Community development blowing in the wind, says Mazier

New twists on growing nitrogen, building soil organic matter

Answer to fertilizer woes blowing in the wind, says researcher

How the West can be wooed

Biofuel industry growing internationally

Ethanol slump blindsides U. S. corn growers

Farmers want heavy frost to help dry bumper corn crop

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