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Protesters leave a demonstration of Dutch farmers aiming to block the traffic in The Hague, Netherlands on Oct. 16, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Eva Plevier)

Angry farmers cause Dutch police to close off parliament square

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 16, 2019

The Hague | Reuters — Police in the Dutch city of The Hague closed its central parliament square on Wednesday to keep out farmers protesting over what they see as attempts to blame them for nitrogen pollution. Thousands of irate farmers had driven tractors to The Hague hours earlier in their third large protest in

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Busting nitrogen loss with late in-crop application

If you’re about N loss, you may consider a late boost

By Alexis Stockford August 9, 2019

Corn growers may want to wait on nitrogen application, particularly in a wet year. A nitrogen application at the end of June or early July will help limit nitrogen loss and better time it to when the plant is actually looking for the nutrient, speakers said during a recent field day at the Canada-Manitoba Crop

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

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Fertilizer prices to rise on global production shifts

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 29, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian fertilizer prices are expected to increase as spring draws nearer, according to industry professionals. “The further you buy out from spring, the prices tend to be a little bit lower. In making your commitments early, prices tend to edge up as you get closer to spring,” said Don Kitson of International

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Soil N trend surprising

A dry summer could have left a nice bonus for you in your fields

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 2, 2018

AGVISE Laboratories says the trend this fall is towards higher levels of residual nitrogen in Manitoba soils. The Northwood, North Dakota company says an early harvest has allowed producers to get a jump on fall soil testing, and its accumulated data from more than 3,000 wheat fields already. That’s been surprising to many producers who

Sierra mix corn variety found in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Corn that finds its own nitrogen

Researchers have known about it since the 1980s but were only recently able to analyze it

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 27, 2018

Is it possible to grow cereal crops without having to rely on energy requiring commercial fertilizers? In a new study publishing August 7 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, researchers describe a newly identified corn variety which acquires nitrogen by feeding its sugars to beneficial bacteria, which can in turn take up nitrogen from the

MPSG production specialist Laryssa Stevenson talks about the benefits and risks to a rescue nitrogen application in soybeans during the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers SMART Day event in Melita July 17.

Crops, Local news

Poor nitrogen uptake has soybean growers pondering rescue application

Lack of moisture has also meant lack of nodules and poor nitrogen fixation for some soybean fields, leading some to consider a mid-season fertilizer pass

By Alexis Stockford July 30, 2018

More soybean fields are trying to shake off the impact of a dry spring on nitrogen uptake this year. Laryssa Stevenson, western production specialist with the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, told a SMART field day here last week that she has heard of more growers struggling with nitrogen deficiency this summer, which she blames

A provincial oilseeds specialist is recommending canola growers adjust their seeding rate based on seed size and fertilizer placement.

Crops, Local news

Canola producers put on watch against seed burn

Some cereal fields in Manitoba are seeing seed burn, and Manitoba Agriculture is warning farmers to guard against the same problem for canola

By Alexis Stockford May 16, 2018

The weather isn’t the only thing that’s hot. Manitoba Agriculture is warning canola producers to avoid banding fertilizer too close to the seed row as continuing dry conditions raise the risk of seed burn. “Adjust your seeding rate based on your seed size and your fertilizer placement strategy,” provincial oilseeds specialist Dane Froese advised during

Crops, Markets

Global fertilizer prices set to fall

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 22, 2018

CNS Canada — Global fertilizer demand has been higher, leading to increased prices, but with more capacity coming online prices should start to fall, according to an analyst. “Urea prices globally have moved a little higher over the past few months. They’ve been relatively volatile, that’s just kind of a function of some better than

(Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)

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Industry still looking for new NH3 tank rule break

By GFM Network News, John Greig March 19, 2018

Fertilizer Canada and the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) say there will be enough anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks available to supply the fertilizer to farmers during this growing season. New Transport Canada regulations came into force Jan. 12, which affect the frequency of hydrostatic testing and visual inspection of ammonia nurse and applicator tanks and

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Nutrien sees demand growth cooling, margins shrinking

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 5, 2018

Reuters — Nutrien, the Canadian fertilizer and farm supply dealer created from the merger of Agrium and PotashCorp this year, said it expected demand growth for potash in China and India to cool down in 2018. Nutrien, the world’s biggest fertilizer company by capacity, also said higher input costs would shrink nitrogen and phosphate margins.

Senft to step down as CEO of Seeds Canada

BASF cuts 2025 outlook as tariffs weigh on global economy

Farm groups’ response to new Trump tariffs muted

Daily Network News

Senft to step down as CEO of Seeds Canada

BASF cuts 2025 outlook as tariffs weigh on global economy

Farm groups’ response to new Trump tariffs muted

Tag Archives Nitrogen — page 5

Angry farmers cause Dutch police to close off parliament square

Busting nitrogen loss with late in-crop application

Fertilizer prices to rise on global production shifts

Soil N trend surprising

Corn that finds its own nitrogen

Poor nitrogen uptake has soybean growers pondering rescue application

Canola producers put on watch against seed burn

Global fertilizer prices set to fall

Industry still looking for new NH3 tank rule break

Nutrien sees demand growth cooling, margins shrinking

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