As farmers trudge into the cold days of winter and have time for thinking and planning the 2023 crop, the 2022 conundrum still presents itself: how does a farmer handle the gaping risk chasm between guaranteed high fertilizer prices and non-guaranteed new crop prices? That was a pressing question last year as fertilizer prices soared […] Read more
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Ottawa tone deaf to farmers’ issues
Ottawa recently announced that tariff revenues received from Canadian farmers who bought Russian-Belarusian fertilizers this year are being sent to Ukraine to rebuild infrastructure. Canada was the only G7 country to put tariffs on Russian and/or Belarusian fertilizer after Russia invaded Ukraine in March. Of the $115 million sent to Ukraine, $34 million were collected […] Read more
What if anhydrous could be made on the farm?
This fall, anhydrous ammonia prices were at $1,900 per tonne on the Prairies. That’s up from $1,100 per tonne in the fall of 2021. Given the eye-watering cost of anhydrous and other nitrogen fertilizers, it’s a good time to promote and sell a product that allows farmers to acquire ammonia at a lower cost. One […] Read more
Low Mississippi River water levels threatens grain exports
Low water levels on the Mississippi River in the United States could have an impact on corn and other grain prices, but are unlikely to affect fertilizer deliveries into Canada, say officials. The Mississippi River is considered low if the stage falls below five feet in Memphis, Tennessee. On Oct. 20 it hit a record […] Read more
Fertilizer included in Sask. First Act
Saskatchewan’s legislative move to confirm exclusive jurisdiction over its natural resources includes fertilizer use. The Saskatchewan First Act, introduced Nov. 1, is designed to help protect the province’s economic growth from “intrusive federal policies,” said justice minister Bronwyn Eyre. The province already has jurisdiction over natural resources but Eyre said the bill confirms that authority […] Read more
Saskatchewan First Act includes fertilizer
Saskatchewan’s legislative move to confirm exclusive jurisdiction over its natural resources includes fertilizer use. The Saskatchewan First Act, introduced Nov. 1, is designed to help protect the province’s economic growth from “intrusive federal policies,” said justice minister Bronwyn Eyre. The province already has jurisdiction over natural resources but Eyre said the bill confirms that authority […] Read more
Fertilizer survey provides insight into practices
Commissions learn that many farmers follow basic 4R principles, but few employ more advanced application measures
Wheat commissions in the prairie provinces are mulling over the findings of the first spring wheat nitrogen fertilizer use survey since 2016. “With increased conversation around fertilizer use at a federal level, we thought there would be value in understanding how producers may be using fertilizer,” said Jeremy Boychyn, agronomy research extension specialist with the […] Read more
U.S. nitrogen exports jump
CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) — U.S. exports of nitrogen fertilizers jumped to a multi-year high this summer after surging natural gas prices in Europe drove up costs of producing the crop nutrient there. Brisk U.S. sales highlight the far-reaching effect of the war in Ukraine on global food and energy supplies. Russia, under financial sanctions, is a […] Read more
Mosaic lowers phos output
REUTERS — Fertilizer maker Mosaic Co. said it expects lower production and delayed shipments after Hurricane Ian caused “modest damage” to its phosphate operations in Florida. The company, which mines phosphate rock in the state and produces 75 percent of North America’s phosphate fertilizers, said it expects its phosphates output to be down by about […] Read more
Tightening nitrogen fertilizer supplies raise alarm
The head of the world’s leading fertilizer company is worried that food production will falter as nitrogen fertilizer supplies tighten. “We are deeply concerned about the state of global agriculture,” Svein Tore Holsether, president of Yara International, said during the company’s third quarter 2022 conference call. Fertilizer supplies are being squeezed as manufacturers curtail production […] Read more
