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The harvest in mid-September made for a pretty picture but the results from a trial of two biostimulants on durum grown on Bishop Farms didn’t produce any yield or quality differences. Erek Bishop said he wants to conduct further trials.
Crops, News

Search for the holy grail of N fertilizer continues

The jury is still out on products containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria

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Real-world tests of nitrogen-fixing bacteria products conducted across the Prairies have shown limited promise, but farm groups aren’t throwing in the towel. “I’m not ready to close the book on these trials just yet,” said Laura Schmidt, a production specialist with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. In 2022, MPSG ran 10 trials with Envita, which uses naturally occurring bacteria to take
Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)
Crops

Nutrien misses profit estimates amid higher fertilizer prices

CF Industries also books lower sales

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Reuters — Canadian fertilizer maker Nutrien on Wednesday forecast lower-than-expected 2023 earnings and posted fourth-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates, sending shares down 2.6 per cent in extended trading. While higher fertilizer prices dented demand in early second-half of last year, a fall in prices later in the year did not boost demand as farmers
Crops capable of fixing their own N from the atmosphere avoid the issue of nitrous oxide emissions altogether.
Crops, News

Plant pulse crops for lower emissions

More pulses? Less nitrous oxide: Avoid the emissions problem altogether by growing more nitrogen-fixing crops

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Mario Tenuta, a soil science professor at the University of Manitoba and research chair in 4R nutrient management, wants to see more nitrogen-fixing legumes in Prairie field crops. After all, one way to avoid nitrous oxide emissions is planting crops that need little or no commercial nitrogen. “When any form of nitrogen is added to
“I’m seeing nitrogen deficiencies from the bottom leaves right up to the cob," says Manitoba Agriculture soil fertility specialist John Heard.
Crops, News

Soil sampling shows depleted fields

High yields, soil leaching and less N applications due to high prices drew down soil nitrogen this season

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Early soil testing across much of Manitoba shows that most samples have low to very low nitrogen levels. “That is basically informing growers that for next year’s crop, a healthy high rate of nitrogen may be required,” says Manitoba Agriculture soil fertility specialist John Heard. “It’s a far cry from last year when many samples were testing more
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Crops

Richardson makes first entry in branded crop inputs

Company launches new N stabilizer, CirrusX

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Prairie grain handler and agribusiness Richardson Pioneer has launched itself into self-branded crop inputs with a nitrogen stabilizer, CirrusX. Steve Biggar, associate vice-president of fertilizer and energy products for Winnipeg-based Richardson, said it was the right time for the company to launch CirrusX because of new treaters the company has installed to allow liquid products
Emissions goal realistic — even conservative — with enough funding, experts say
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Emissions goal realistic — even conservative — with enough funding, experts say

Quibbling about farmers' fertilizer efficiency clouds the real issue, a Manitoba researcher says

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Claims that Canadian farmers can’t meet the government’s emissions reduction goals without wholesale cuts to fertilizer are utterly false, says a Manitoba researcher. “It’s pretty easy for us to meet the target,” said Mario Tenuta, senior industrial research chair in 4R nutrient management. Tenuta is based at the University of Manitoba. “Thirty per cent is
Comment: Balancing production against pollution
Op/Ed, Opinion

Comment: Balancing production against pollution

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POLICY Focus should be on hunt for solutions that are a win for farms and the environment

The federal government has set a national reduction target for emissions coming from the use of nitrogen fertilizer to 30 per cent below 2020 levels by 2030. It is currently consulting on recommendations for how best to achieve this goal, but not on the goal itself. Many agriculture ministers were hoping this goal was open
John Heard discusses methods to reduce nitrous oxide emissions through nitrogen management.
Crops

New program funds farm emissions reduction practices

Prairie Watersheds Climate Program offers incentives toward control of nitrous oxide emissions; N management field tour coming up July 29

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A new program is taking aim at agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Last month, the Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) launched the first phase of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program, a part of the federal government’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF). That’s a $200 million, three-year fund (from 2021 to 2024) that underwrites 12 different programs
Smaller plants, yellow leaves and fewer tillers are the telltale signs of nitrogen deficiency in wheat.
Crops, News

Nitrogen uncertainty requires extra vigilance

Detecting nutrient deficiencies is the first step to knowing whether to top up nitrogen levels this year

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Manitoba producers continue to face an uncertain nutrient picture after a slow and wet spring. High residual nitrogen last fall may have tempted some to limit their spring applications of the suddenly very expensive nutrient, but that could mean they need to do an in-season top-up. It’s a situation that has agronomists recommending a number
Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)
Crops, Markets

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Company will also speed up nitrogen capacity boosts

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Reuters — Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, said Thursday it will increase its Canadian potash production by 20 per cent to an annual 18 million tonnes by 2025, helping to address tight supplies that have contributed to a global food shortage. Potash prices have soared since the West imposed sanctions against Russia for Moscow’s

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