If done safely, ammoniated forage can encourage livestock to eat more and result in better nutrition and less spoilage
Glacier FarmMedia – Anhydrous ammonia has long been a critical input for Manitoba’s field crops — now it’s also increasingly finding its way onto livestock operations as a feed enrichment strategy. Molasses has historically been used to enrich lower value forages, but when used safely, farmers are finding anhydrous ammonia can be a better option. […] Read moreTag Archives anhydrous ammonia
Anhydrous tanks require farmers’ full attention
Brian Downie, who handles the regulatory side of Shur-Gro’s anhydrous ammonia operations, says he would feel comfortable standing next to any nurse tank currently in service in Canada. The ag industry weeded out some problem tanks when more robust testing was implemented about a decade ago, he said, but today, he’s confident in the required […] Read more
Feds further relax NH3 tank restrictions
Fertilizer Canada received a revised Equivalency Certificate (SH12501.2) and a revised Temporary Certificate (TH 0651.1) to provide short-term compliance relief on nurse tank hydrostatic testing requirements. Fertilizer Canada and the Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) have been in negotiations with Transport Canada since 2017 to secure a set of nurse tank regulations that they say […] Read more
Farmer-owned NH3 tanks off the hook
When Transport Canada granted anhydrous ammonia tanks a reprieve on its stricter inspection criteria until June 30, the question of farmer-owned tanks was left swinging in abeyance. There was concern that farmer-owned tanks had been overlooked. In response, Fertilizer Canada and CAAR pushed the federal department for clarification on farmer-owned tanks. That result, along with […] Read more
Anhydrous application in jeopardy this spring
It appears the federal government might have used regulations to freeze up to 80 percent of the NH3 nurse tanks in Canada for this spring. Approximately 20 percent of the cropped acres in Western Canada are fertilized with anhydrous ammonia, and most farmers and fertilizer dealers can’t make major operational changes in the remaining time […] Read more
Transport Canada releases NH3 carts
An estimated 40 to 50 percent of the prairie anhydrous ammonia fleet had been potentially tied up in Transport Canada red tape as of Jan. 12, meaning they would not have seen service this spring. It was a tense week as the players negotiated a path to allow existing NH3 tanks to temporarily circumvent the […] Read more
The back-story: anhydrous tanks good for another year
The Western Producer reported a year ago that a Transport Canada bureaucratic schmozzle was tying up anhydrous ammonia carts in Western Canada, thus preventing them from hauling NH3. In the Jan. 12, 2017, story titled, “Chaos in fertilizer sector over NH3 tank rules,” we reported that the existing standard TC51 had been stricken from the […] Read more
Chaos in fertilizer sector over NH3 tank rules
Anhydrous ammonia industry left out of consultations on Transport Canada’s changes to tank design and testing
With the implementation date for new NH3 tank regulations vague and parts of the new rules in abeyance, it could be a long time before Canadians are able to buy new tanks. “There currently is no design and construction standard for ammonia tanks used for field application. There will be no new ammonia tanks constructed […] Read more
