Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer for StoneX Group Inc, speaking at AgDays in Brandon in January.

VIDEO: Fertilizer buyers smell blood in the water

With market power slowly rebalancing there’s a stubborn waiting game playing out

Fertilizer prices have fallen significantly from their highs a year ago — but there is still a lot of uncertainty in the market. Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer for StoneX Group, said many market forces brought agriculture to this precarious spot. He traces it back to August 2020, when a high-intensity wind storm hit


The world according to fertilizer

The world according to fertilizer

Farmers began to feel the sting of high fertilizer prices and crop inputs in the spring and summer of 2022, but it was events that transpired nearly two years earlier that began to shape that costly and unfortunate situation. During his presentation at Manitoba Ag Days last month, Josh Linville, vice-president of fertilizer for StoneX



Growing past wheat genes for the future

Dallas Kessler of Gene Resources of Canada describes to Western Producer’s Robin Booker some of the wheat varieties grown at the organization’s gene bank.




AGI rolls out MKX2 grain auger

AGI rolls out MKX2 grain auger

Grain augers endure a considerable amount of wear and tear during their use, and this is something AGI looked to improve upon with one of its latest offerings: the MKX2. At the recent Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon, Man., Warren Shymko, a territory sales manager with AGI, took some time out of his day for

Grain bin monitoring tech takes top prize

Grain bin monitoring tech takes top prize

Adaptive Agriculture is in the business of monitoring what your grain is doing inside your bins. Its bin-monitoring technology even earned first place for Ag Tech in the Innovation Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days last month. Here, Dustin Maki with Adaptive Agriculture talks about the tech company’s in-bin grain drying offerings and its new visual



Hay handling made easy

Hay handling made easy

Why move one bale at a time when you can pick up two? This question likely crossed the mind of inventor Howard McKay as he looked for a way to help farmers be more efficient. The challenge for McKay was finding a way to not damage the bales while in transit and proper placement when