Nutrien is planning a major terminal in a Canadian or U.S. Pacific northwest port to increase the flow of potash.
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Nutrien paints bullish fertilizer industry picture despite poor Q1 results
Low U.S. corn profitability big threat to phosphate demand, analyst says
Nutrien offered a bullish outlook for the 2025 global fertilizer market in an analyst call on Thursday, despite issuing disappointing first-quarter results on Wednesday night.
Tight nitrogen supply boosts prices
Fertilizer manufacturers are shifting their investment focus to lower carbon forms of nitrogen, such as green ammonia
Strong nitrogen fertilizer demand is butting up against tight supplies in some regions of the world, says an analyst.
Nitrogen demand soars while supply shrinks
Strong nitrogen fertilizer demand is butting up against tight supplies in some regions of the world, says an analyst.
Hand-held device detects nutrient deficiencies in leaf tissue
The Nutriscan device won Manitoba Ag Days’ Innovation Award earlier this year
ATP Nutrition’s Nutriscan uses a near-infrared sensor to measure a range of macro- and micronutrients in plant tissue and delivers the results to an app on a user’s smartphone.
Saskatchewan farm making compost pellets for added fertilizer
Compost pellets are applied with an air seeder in the same pass as the seed and conventional fertilizer
Kyle Heggie has been spreading a unique blend of compost on his crops for years, and has also used on-farm trials to test the practicality of mid-row banding compost “pellets” into the seed row next to the seed.
Fertilizer needs fair trade balance: Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers on tariffs
Tariffs between Canada and the U.S. threaten farmers on both sides, CAAR says, but the real hits may not be felt until next year
Tariffs between Canada and the U.S. threaten farmers on both sides of the trade war, CAAR says, but the real hits may not be felt until next year.
Nitrogen prices soar on reduced Chinese exports
“Extremely tight” UAN supplies has some growers forces to substitute urea in their spring planting campaign
Urea fertilizer prices have been on a steady climb since the start of the year, says an analyst.
Cutting the nitrous oxide emissions without cutting the crop
Better nitrogen management promises to both protect crop yields and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer; new research looks to verify how much difference it actually makes
Better nitrogen management promises to both protect crop yields and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer. New research looks to verify how much difference it actually makes.
Do farmers need to apply sulphur to their crops every year?
Research suggests this important nutrient hangs around a lot longer than farmers think
What if the sulphur fertilizer you’ve been using isn’t disappearing from your soil as quickly as you think?
