VIDEO: Southern Manitoba farmer prepares for on-farm ammonia production

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Glacier FarmMedia – It’s easy to see why Curtis Hiebert of R & L Acres in southern Manitoba feels like he’s on the cusp of something great.

If all goes as planned, his farm will soon flick the switch and begin making its own ammonia fertilizer for the 2025 growing season.

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Last week, Hiebert was in attendance at a Green Ammonia Workshop in Sperling, Man., where he spoke with Western Producer reporter Robert Arnason about the motivation for participating in this project and what it could mean for his farm.

FuelPositive’s green ammonia plant installation on R&L Acres near Sperling, Man. | FuelPositive photo *photo:* FuelPositive

Contact robert.arnason@producer.com

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About the author

Robert Arnason is a reporter with The Western Producer and Glacier Farm Media. Since 2008, he has authored nearly 5,000 articles on anything and everything related to Canadian agriculture. He didn’t grow up on a farm, but Robert spent hundreds of days on his uncle’s cattle and grain farm in Manitoba. Robert started his journalism career in Winnipeg as a freelancer, then worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Nipawin, Saskatchewan and Fernie, BC. Robert has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in LSJF – Long Suffering Jets’ Fan.