CHICAGO, Ill. — New nitrogen fertilizer plants will put a dent in North American imports starting next year, says one of the companies building a facility. A dozen plants either under construction or nearing the construction phase will add six million tonnes to North America’s annual nitrogen fertilizer production from 2015-18. That should put downward […] Read more
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Video: New U.S. fertilizer plants may spark cheaper prices in Canada
Video: Canada’s agricultural markets updates – Dec. 10, 2014
D’Arce McMillan, Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts two markets videos, crops and livestock. The videos are designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered. Crops: Livestock:
VIDEO: Shallow banding urea discouraged
Farmers who band urea must make sure they do it deep, says an agronomist and fertilizer specialist who has been studying the consequences of shallow banding urea. Otherwise, they are better off broadcasting it. Farms are becoming larger and fewer operators need to cover more acres, and “all of the sudden intentionally or unintentionally, we’re […] Read more
WP’s coverage of the Farm Forum Event, 2014
Agri-Trend’s Farm Forum event was held December 2nd to 4th at the TCU place in Saskatoon, Sask. You can watch video highlights from the show below. You can follow the activity on twitter with this widget for #FFE14. #FFE2014 Tweets Here are a collection of stories produced by The Western Producer reporters: Poor harvest in […] Read more
Video: Poor harvest in India sends yellow peas up
2014 Canadian lentil production (000 tonnes)
Yellow pea prices should rise next year because of pulse production problems in India, says an analyst. “I think we’re going to $8 (per bushel) on yellow peas,” Marlene Boersch, managing partner of Mercantile Consulting Venture, told Agri-Trend’s 2014 Farm Forum Event. She believes peas are undervalued, but lentils are about where they should be […] Read more
Video: Herd Navigator collects data, enables quick medical attention
On-farm diagnostic lab | Information helps producers with management decisions
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — Herd Navigator can help producers by automating the busy tasks of laboratory style tests. It can asses the health of the herds by examining the milk of each cow. “It’s a lab on the farm,” says Nancy Charlton, a veterinarian and herd management specialist for DeLaval. “When the cows arrive to our […] Read more
Video: Trials examine management practices, fungicides, UAN
Wheat, barley studied | Effects of a second fungicide application and factors affecting growth regulators were tested
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. — A 30 bushel per acre wheat yield increase from a second fungicide application? Few farmers would turn that down. Sheri Strydhorst’s research achieved that result at several sites this past crop year, but a few provisos are attached. Strydhorst, an agronomic research scientist with Alberta Agriculture, said the stellar results came […] Read more
VIDEO: Farm takes pride in raising healthy birds, safe food
Taking on opponents | Despite biosecurity risks, farm welcomes visitors to protect the industry’s reputation
NEW BOTHWELL, Man. — It was a busy day on the Wiebe farm as dozens of visitors from nearby towns and from Winnipeg trod through the broiler chicken operation. “We won’t stop moving today,” said Lorraine Wiebe, who lives on the farm with her husband, Jake. This was an unusual day because there aren’t normally […] Read more
Video: Markets weaker but profits remain
Margins will be tighter next year, but most facets of farming will still be using the black ink cartridge, says Farm Credit Canada. J.P. Gervais, FCC’s chief agricultural economist, told Agri-Trend’s 2014 Farm Forum Event that grain and oilseed prices are down and input costs are up, but there is still money to be made […] Read more
Video: Flat bottom bin retrofit makes clean out easy
Cleaning flat bottom bins is a time-consuming and dirty job, but producers are grateful for any storage capacity at hand when a big crop is harvested. Haukaas has designed a bin floor pit that retrofits flat bottom bins with its bin sweep system, allowing the bins to be operated more efficiently. Beric Haukaas, sales and […] Read more
