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“I would say that for this coming year we should have a special formulation of 4R and I’m calling it EC. It’s Extra Careful... ” – Don Flaten.

Soil fertility a high-stakes game

Playing the right cards at the right time is key in this cost environment

By Gord Leathers February 8, 2022

Farming has its highs and lows and right now input prices are high while — despite our snowpack — soil moisture reserves are low. This puts farmers into a high-stakes poker game where there could be considerable rewards for proper fertilizing but there could also be a penalty for skimping and starving your crop. Retired

FCL’s Co-op Fertilizer Terminal at Brandon. (Photo courtesy Federated Co-operatives Ltd.)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Fertilizer prices to remain high for now

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 8, 2022

MarketsFarm — There are two factors to consider when it comes to fertilizer. One is the cost as it’s to remain quite expensive at least through the first quarter of 2022, according to Chris Lawson, head of fertilizers for the CRU Group. The other is its availability, said Todd Lewis, president of the Agricultural Producers

Crops

Farmers ask U.S. Justice Department to probe fertilizer price spikes

By GFM Network News December 9, 2021

Reuters — Farmers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether recent spikes in fertilizer prices are attributable to market manipulation by fertilizer companies, according to a letter sent Wednesday by the Family Farm Action Alliance. The group, which has more than 6,000 farmer and rural members, alleges fertilizer companies are setting prices

CF Industries’ UAN plant at Donaldsonville in Louisiana. The company also makes UAN at plants in Ontario, Iowa and Oklahoma. (Thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com)

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer shortage may lead to spring scramble

'It's next year's prices I'm worried about'

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel November 24, 2021

Reuters — A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America’s farmers to delay purchases and raising the risk of a spring scramble to apply the crop nutrient before planting season. The Texas Arctic Blast in February and Hurricane Ida in August disrupted U.S. fertilizer production. Then, prices of

News

Nitrogen shortage threatens yields: CF Industries

Shortages span the globe and could cut crop production next season

By Rod Nickel November 24, 2021

Reuters – A shortage of nitrogen fertilizer due to soaring natural gas prices is threatening to reduce global crop yields next year, CF Industries, a major producer of the crop nutrient, said. European gas prices have jumped amid high demand, as economies recover from the pandemic and with below-average gas storage levels at the start

Crops, Markets, Other

‘Perfect storm’ causes fertilizer price spikes

'Most of us are in a "wait-and-see" position'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News September 27, 2021

MarketsFarm — Fertilizer prices have increased over the past year, but could be headed even higher as a recent confluence of events has caused a shortage — the effects of which may affect producers past the New Year. “Particularly, in the last few weeks, there have been a number of supply events which have really

Thanks to Jim Lundgren, who farms at Glenora, Man., about 85 km west of Morden, for this photo of his early start to spring tillage on March 20, 2021, owing to the recent absence of snow and/or rain in the area. Not that it’s a race, but is spring fieldwork already underway where you are? If yes, feel free to snap a photo and email us at daveb@fbcpublishing.com. (Photo courtesy Jim Lundgren)

Crops, Weather

Manitoba soil temperatures allow for spring fertilizer

Winter ban lifted, with cautions

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 24, 2021

Farmers across Manitoba are now cleared to apply spring fertilizers including livestock manure on their fields, thanks to sufficiently warm soil temperatures, the province said Tuesday. Though the winter nutrient ban has been lifted, the province cautioned producers to “assess current weather conditions and periodically check weather forecasts” if they’re applying anytime between now and

An ammonia and nitrogen fertilizer plant in Russia. (Saoirse_2010/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 13, 2021

MarketsFarm — Expect fertilizer prices to resume increasing, despite having fallen back recently. Prices began their sharp rise around the middle of December and beginning of January. “They will go higher as demand goes up at seeding time,” Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm Pro in Winnipeg said. Jubinville reported urea prices have jumped $100 per tonne

Yara is seeking Norwegian government funding toward switching its Porsgrunn ammonia plant’s production process to electricity by 2026. (Yara.com)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Facing green push on farm, fertilizer makers look to sea for growth

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel January 21, 2021

Winnipeg/Oslo | Reuters — Two of the world’s biggest fertilizer producers, CF Industries and Yara International, are seeking to cash in on the green energy transition by reconfiguring ammonia plants in the U.S. and Norway to produce clean energy to power ships. The consumption of oil for transportation is one of the top contributors to

Crops, Weather

Fertilizer use fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions, study says

By GFM Network News, Matthew Green October 8, 2020

London | Reuters — Rising use of nitrogen-based fertilizers is driving up global emissions of nitrous oxide, a lesser-known greenhouse gas, complicating efforts to limit climate change, scientists reported in a study on Wednesday. Most of the focus in curbing climate-warming gas emissions has focused on the most abundant, carbon dioxide, and one of the

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on supply snags in top-exporter Russia

Trump tariff on Brazilian goods could jack up U.S. burger price

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on supply snags in top-exporter Russia

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U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

Tag Archives Nitrogen — page 4

Soil fertility a high-stakes game

Fertilizer prices to remain high for now

Farmers ask U.S. Justice Department to probe fertilizer price spikes

Fertilizer shortage may lead to spring scramble

Nitrogen shortage threatens yields: CF Industries

‘Perfect storm’ causes fertilizer price spikes

Manitoba soil temperatures allow for spring fertilizer

High fertilizer prices likely to climb more

Facing green push on farm, fertilizer makers look to sea for growth

Fertilizer use fuelling climate-warming nitrous oxide emissions, study says

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