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.
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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
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.
Opinion: Sleepwalking into a phosphorus crisis
Mined phosphorus is a key to the food system but it’s in limited supply
Without phosphorus, food cannot be produced. Put simply, if there is no phosphorus, there is no life. Most phosphorus comes from non-renewable phosphate rock and it cannot be synthesized artificially. Some 85 per cent of the world’s remaining high-grade phosphate rock is concentrated in just five countries: Morocco, China, Egypt, Algeria and South Africa. Seventy
Rethinking phosphorus acid and phototoxicity
Most leaf damage is cosmetic, not yield-busting, according to recent trials
Potato growers who use foliar phosphorus acid to lower the risk of storage loss might not need to be so picky when it comes to application, according to recent research. Until now, the need to avoid phototoxicity during application has been emphasized. Producers were advised to apply early in the morning or risk chemical burn on potato leaves. However,
Phosphorus boosters and broad-spectrum antifungal found in Prairie soils
Researchers say naturally occurring microbes can make phosphorus more readily available
A group of Manitoba researchers have isolated two naturally occurring micro-organisms they say will help farmers better utilize phosphorus and fight plant diseases. The work of the scientists, from the University of Manitoba and KGS Group, has centred around two novel bacterium dubbed KGS-2 and KGS-3. Stan Lozecznik, senior environmental engineer with KGS Group, said
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