Glacier FarmMedia – Rudy Wall of Cochrane Creek Farm doesn’t just sell hot dogs from the heritage breed pigs that he raises on his farm, he’s also serving up food security, food quality and food availability for the people he feeds. Wall’s free-range pig farm north of Petersfield, Man., is a small operation by modern […] Read more
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VIDEO: Biologicals company celebrates ‘new beginning’
It’s pretty common to celebrate the milestones in life, and the folks at Saskatoon’s Novonesis lab and production facility are no different. The company, formerly known as Novozymes, specializes in plant biosolutions, and for one day during the recent Crop Production Show, it opened the doors to its state-of-the-art facility to mark a number of […] Read more
VIDEO – Manitoba Ag Days: ‘Political manipulations’ hold back canola – analyst
BRANDON — If global politics, tariffs and uncertainty were magically removed from the market, canola prices in Canada would likely be $1.50 per bushel higher, says a veteran markets analyst. The supply and demand fundamentals for canola are supportive of price this winter, but Canadian farmers are facing a situation where geopolitics are dominant and […] Read more
VIDEO: Thoughts on potential tariffs from Crop Production Show 2025
UPDATED: January 16, 2024 – 1030 CST – WP Editor Robin Booker has been on the show floor talking with producers at the 2025 Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. One subject he’s been gathering some thoughts on is the potential tariffs incoming U.S. president Donald Trump says he’s thinking of imposing on Canadian goods. What […] Read more
VIDEO: The dollars and sense of on-farm fertilizer
SPERLING, Man. — The retail price of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer was about $1,100 per ton this summer in Western Canada. That number comes from Curtis Hiebert, who farms near Sperling, Man. Hiebert now has a green ammonia production system on his farm, which has a capacity of 100 tons of ammonia per year. Related stories: […] Read more
VIDEO: Green ammonia moves closer to reality on Man. farm
Company builds an on-farm plant that will allow the farmer to produce 25 per cent of his green ammonia requirements and gain control over of what can be volatile prices for the fertilizer
SPERLING, Man. — Twenty farmers, agronomists and academics recently gathered on a farmyard near Sperling, Man., to look at six or seven shipping containers that house a unique technology. The equipment can convert electricity into anhydrous ammonia, allowing farmers to produce their own nitrogen fertilizer. Ian Clifford, co-founder of FuelPositive, the Canadian company that developed […] Read more
VIDEO: Is green ammonia the new diesel?
SPERLING, Man. — The data is clear: diesel is hard to beat. Using any metric — cost per litre, energy by weight or energy by volume — diesel is a superior fuel to alternatives like hydrogen or ammonia. “Diesel is an absolutely amazing energy carrier,” said David Layzell, a University of Calgary professor and energy […] Read more
VIDEO: How green ammonia could power your next tractor
Glacier FarmMedia – The internal combustion engine has become considerably more efficient since its first use in a tractor in the late 19th century, but it’s always relied on petroleum in one form or another to make it run. At the Western Canada Green Ammonia Workshop on Nov. 26 in Sperling, Man., David Layzell with […] Read more
VIDEO: FuelPositive designs system for on-farm ammonia production
Glacier FarmMedia – Ian Clifford with FuelPositive has been working with Curtis Hiebert of R & L Acres to install a modular setup on his farm that will supply it with on-farm produced green ammonia fertilizer. It’s a new technology that’s getting attention from growers and people in the industry, as was seen at a […] Read more
VIDEO: Southern Manitoba farmer prepares for on-farm ammonia production
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. Other stories in this […] Read more
