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Despite late-season symptoms of K deficiency, there was no yield difference between treated and untreated plots.
Crops, Soybeans

Manitoba soys are K-reluctant 

Soybeans use a lot of potassium, but getting them to use it from added fertilizer is a bit of a challenge

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Soybeans are now a regular crop in a Manitoba rotation, and since they use a lot of potassium, you’d think that it would make sense to provide them with enough to keep them happy. But a study funded by the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers and Western Grains Research Foundation found little response to added […] Read more
Healthy roots later in the season mean soybeans are better able to withstand stress, including drought conditions.
Crops, Soybeans

Are your soybeans “O-K”?

Alpine agronomist says that soybeans respond remarkably well to late-season potassium applications

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Steve McQueen says you should treat your soybeans like corn. No, not exactly the same, such as with split nitrogen applications or fungicides to thicken stalks or stems. But the agronomy manager for Alpine says growers could apply the same diligence to improving soybean performance as has become the norm in corn.  McQueen says he’s […] Read more
The Mississippi River. (Mark D. Tomer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. barge backlog swells on parched Mississippi River

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– Commercial barge traffic on southern stretches of the Mississippi River was at a standstill on Tuesday as low water levels halted shipments of grain, fertilizer and other commodities on the critical waterway, shipping sources said. The supply chain snarl comes just as harvesting of corn and soybeans, the largest U.S. cash […] Read more
In 2022, Nitricity will test production on 75 acres at Terra Nova Ranch in the central San Joaquin Valley of California, using the Nitricity system on 25 of those acres.
Guide Business, News

Out of thin air

This new company is promising to revolutionize the fertilizer industry. Just how would you do that?

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Reading Time: 4 minutes A new technology that turns air, renewable energy and water into nitrogen fertilizer could reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and provide farmers with consistent local access to a nutrient that’s proving to be better for crops. “We use the same fundamental process as a lightning storm,” says Nicolas Pinkowski, co-founder and CEO of Nitricity […] Read more
File photo of a BNSF grain train in Montana. (Photo courtesy BNSF Railway)
Crops, Reuters

U.S. railways to halt grain shipments ahead of potential shutdown

Fall fertilizer traffic also at risk

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Some U.S. railroads will start halting crop shipments on Thursday, a day ahead of a potential work stoppage, an agricultural association and sources at two grain co-operatives said on Tuesday, threatening exports and feed deliveries for livestock. With farmers starting to harvest autumn crops that are shipped to meat and biofuels […] Read more
File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey. (Bfk92/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. working with U.N. on Russia food, fertilizer export complaints

Black Sea pact up for renewal in November

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Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters — The United States is working with the United Nations to address Russian complaints that sanctions are hindering its food and fertilizer shipments, even though there has been no disruption to Moscow’s exports of the commodities, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. The United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia agreed […] Read more
FCL’s Co-op Fertilizer Terminal at Brandon. (Photo courtesy Federated Co-operatives Ltd.)
Crops, Reuters

Canada can cut fertilizer emissions 14 per cent by 2030, industry groups say

Report touts use of 4R practices

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from applying nitrogen fertilizer by 14 per cent by 2030 through adoption of more sustainable farm practices and new technology, without any overall reduction in fertilizer use, agriculture industry groups said on Wednesday. Such reductions of nitrous oxide from 2020 levels would fall well […] Read more
File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey. (Bfk92/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.N., Moscow discuss Russian grain, fertilizer exports

Grain not getting to poorer countries, Putin alleges

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Reading Time: 2 minutes United Nations | Reuters — Senior U.N. and Russian officials met in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss Russian complaints that Western sanctions were impeding its grain and fertilizer exports despite a U.N.-brokered deal to boost Russian and Ukrainian shipments of the commodities. The United Nations, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia agreed on July 22 on what […] Read more
Nutrien’s head office building in Saskatoon. (Liam O’Connor photo)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

Nutrien’s interim CEO named CEO

Seitz sees 'a lot of uncertainty' continuing in market

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest potash fertilizer producer, named Ken Seitz as chief executive on Monday, removing the interim tag. Nutrien in January surprised investors by replacing its CEO for the second time in eight months. It then named Seitz, the head of its potash business, as interim CEO, replacing Mayo Schmidt. […] Read more
Mosaic’s mine shaft tower from its K3 facility in southern Sask. Photo: Greg Berg
Markets, Reuters

Mosaic sees fertilizer demand supported by tight crop supplies into 2023

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters – Mosaic Co MOS.N said on Monday it expects tight grain and oilseed markets into 2023, encouraging the continued use of fertilizers despite their surging costs. “The war in Ukraine, high temperatures in North America and Europe, and developing drought conditions in parts of South America highlight the risk for reduced yields globally,” Mosaic said. […] Read more

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