Mosaic missed Wall Street expectations for fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, hurt by a steep drop in U.S. phosphate fertilizer demand that weighed on sales volumes.
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Mosaic misses profit estimates on weak U.S. phosphate demand
Canola sees no yield drop in seed-placed phosphorus trial
Phosphorus fertilizer put down with seed limits plant stands, not yield, Saskatchewan research shows
Saskatchewan trials show seed-placed phosphorus in canola rarely reduces yield but often reduces plant stands, shifting risk to crop establishment.
How to succeed at 4R fertilizer management on your farm
Agronomy Management: The “right” approach for on-farm nutrient management and fertilizer varies from region to region in Western Canada
4R nutrient management must be farm-specific — geared for the unique crops, cropping practices, soils and climatic conditions of that farm, researcher Ross McKenzie writes.
Fertilizer label changes called costly, unnecessary
Canada’s bulk fertilizer makers now have until July 2026 to update their labels, but industry says the rules will be expensive to implement and won’t actually provide safety gains
Canada’s bulk fertilizer makers now have until July 2026 to update their labels, but industry says rules will be expensive, slow shipments to farmers and won’t actually make the system safer.
Manitoba flags U.S. mega-dairy plans for international review
Manitoba government worries two massive proposed dairy projects in North Dakota will add nutrient loading to an already at-risk Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba has been pushing for international review of two proposed North Dakota dairy operations near the Red River. The province says those will add further nutrient loading risk to already-at-risk waterways.
Bourgault test drives deep-banded phosphorus
At its test sites, the manufacturer is setting P deep down in soil to see if plants can access it throughout the season
At its home base in northeastern Saskatchewan, cultivator maker Bourgault is attempting to maximize yield by deep-banded phosphorus into typically untouched dirt.
Organic farms need soil testing too
Organic farmers should take a lesson from conventional farming when it comes to testing for soil nutrients and benchmarking fields frequently: University of Manitoba researcher
Organic farmers should take a lesson from conventional farming when it comes to testing for soil nutrients and benchmarking fields frequently: University of Manitoba researcher
Struvite fertilizer from Winnipeg sewers
City wastewater upgrades will include equipment to ‘upcycle’ phosphorus
Winnipeg upgrades will process wastewater into commercial struvite fertilizer for crop nutrition compaly Ostara, helping to close the phosphorus loop.
Nutrient reduction targets launched for Manitoba waterways
New regulations set out how much nitrogen and phosphorus should be coming into Lake Winnipeg
New regulations have set numbers for how much nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient should be coming into Lake Winnipeg, which it hopes will help combat the lake's algae issues.
On the hunt for Lake Winnipeg’s phosphorus problem
Citizen science initiative aims to help pinpoint sources of Lake Winnipeg’s excess nutrients
Where is the excess phosphorus load in Lake Winnipeg really coming from? A network of citizen science water samplers hopes to help answer that question.
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