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Yara’s fertilizer terminal at Stockton, California. (Sebastian Braum photo, Yara.com)
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Vale, Yara deny talks over fertilizer unit stake

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Brasilia | Reuters — Vale SA denied a report on Wednesday that it was negotiating a sale of fertilizer assets to Norway’s Yara International as the Brazilian miner seeks to raise cash following its biggest quarterly loss in decades. Valor Economico, a Brazilian business newspaper, reported Vale could sell a minority stake in its fertilizer […] Read more
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Univar buys Prairie fertilizer distributor Nexus Ag

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. chemical distribution giant Univar has bought its way further into the Prairie crop input business by taking over Saskatoon-based fertilizer wholesaler Nexus Ag. Nexus Ag, in business in the West since 1997, deals in various North American companies’ specialty fertilizers, potash, phosphates, liquid and soluble nutrients and micronutrients such as copper, zinc and boron, […] Read more
Fertilizer spreader manufacturer Rauch invited an international group of journalists to tour its production facility in Germany.
Guide Business, Machinery Guide

Here’s how German machinery company Rauch is winning

Moving onto a former Canadian military base in Germany is only one in a series of smart decisions by this machinery shortliner

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Reading Time: 7 minutes It was to be our second stop that day on a week-long media tour that was winding its way through Germany. We were visiting a long list of German machinery manufacturers, and it was dark when we pulled up to fertilizer spreader manufacturer Rauch’s assembly plant adjacent to the Baden airport. It was clear the […] Read more
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Before you buy that drone

Even in precision ag, it’s unwise to lose sight of the ‘fundamentals-first’ approach to good agronomy

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Reading Time: 7 minutes It can be hard for those of us in the farm sector to contain our excitement when discussing the enormous potential of precision agriculture. Variable rate applications, variable rate planting, automatic down-pressure sensing, data management, digital imaging and soil sensing… these are just a few of the possibilities in a movement still clearly in its […] Read more
Yara’s fertilizer terminal at Stockton, California. (Sebastian Braum photo, Yara.com)
Crops, Reuters

Fertilizer maker Yara to cut costs, raise investments

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Oslo | Reuters –– Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara plans to cut operating costs and raise investments to become more competitive and grow its business, it said in an update ahead of an investor meeting on Tuesday. The company raised its estimate for 2016 capital expenditure to 17.9 billion Norwegian crowns (C$2.8 billion) from previous guidance […] Read more
Potash deficiency symptoms in soybean.
Crops, Soybeans

Pest Patrol: Do potassium levels affect my weed management?

#PestPatrol with Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Soils that test “low” in potassium negatively affect weed control in soybeans. When soils test low for potassium, soybean plants will express deficiency symptoms that reduce canopy closure and allow more weeds to germinate and compete with the soybean crop for other resources. In the spring of 2014, Dr. François Tardif and I began a […] Read more
Globally, phosphate rock and potash reserves are stable for the foreseeable future, as are supplies of nitrogen-based fertilizers.
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No fertilizer panic – for now

Supplies for 2016 seem healthy, but there’s no time like today to lock in your needs

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Six years ago, the International Plant Nutrient Institute calculated a timeline for the world’s known reserves of key nutrients. It suggested we’ve got lots of breathing room, including 55 years for N-based fertilizers, 235 years for potash, 696 for phosphate, and a virtually inexhaustible supply of sulphur. Of course, as we use up some of […] Read more
The big concern with nitrogen fertilizers begins with large, single, pre-plant applications that risk environmental loss.
Crops

20 questions for your N program

Start the discussion now, before heading to the field this spring

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Reading Time: 6 minutes In the past 12 months, there have been plenty of discussions, presentations and stories in the farm media about fertilizer use. The topics have covered its many forms, its costs and volatility, sources and reserves, even perspectives on preparing to manage your fields with less. In the middle of the winter meeting season last year, […] Read more
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Input costs to chip away at farmers’ shrinking income

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — An anticipated downturn in farm income and higher input costs mean Canadian producers will be in a tough financial position this year, the head of the National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts. Farmers’ net cash income is expected to move lower in 2016, declining nine per cent to $13.6 billion in 2016, according […] Read more

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