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Is your soil lacking phosphorous? How to diagnose nutrient deficiency

Phosphorus deficiency is hard to identify and often goes unnoticed — even when significant yield loss can be occurring. Will an extra 20 lbs./ac. of phosphate pay off?

By Jay Whetter May 28, 2015

Reading Time: 7 minutes Soil phosphorus levels are critically low in more and more fields. These fields may no longer provide enough phosphorus for crops to reach their yield potential, which means the solution to yield stagnation — on some fields, at least — could be plain old boring phosphate. Canola takes up around 1.5 pounds of phosphate per […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Spring run on fertilizer creates challenges

By Dave Sims May 7, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Seasonal challenges are popping up for fertilizer users this spring, according to the president of Manitoba’s Keystone Agricultural Producers — but Dan Mazier says they’re not your typical ones. “The supply seems to be all right; definitely anhydrous ammonia is available,” he said. However, he’s heard some reports that this year’s phosphate […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

PotashCorp, Mosaic profits climb less than expected

By Reuters April 30, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — North America’s two biggest potash producers, PotashCorp and Mosaic Co., reported larger first-quarter profits on Thursday, but results missed expectations. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp, the world’s biggest fertilizer maker by market capitalization, cut its full-year profit forecast, and both companies warned potash prices could slide. Prices are yet to recover after a collapse in 2013, […] Read more

Crops

Weed management. It’s time to get ahead before it’s too late

With herbicide resistance on the rise, is integrated weed management an idea whose time has finally arrived?

By Ron Friesen March 25, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes If you want to know how bad weed resistance can get, ask the cotton farmers of Georgia about Palmer amaranth. From a single field in Macon County in 2005, glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth has exploded across the southern U.S. Cotton Belt. A member of the pigweed family, Palmer amaranth has seriously affected weed management in cotton […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Ammonium sulphate seen tougher to find, afford

By Dave Sims March 17, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A shortfall in production seems to have made granular ammonium sulphate, the prime fertilizer used by canola growers in Western Canada, relatively scarce just weeks away from seeding. “Last year (it was) $470 a tonne, now it’s $525 a tonne; if you can get it. Those were the words from my supplier,” […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

Seed inoculation gains ground

Soybean Guide: OMAFRA’s Horst Bohner now recommends always inoculating. “There are some real benefits.”

By Ralph Pearce March 16, 2015

Reading Time: 6 minutes In the world of agriculture, there are very few constants. Most practices and standards last only until new research shifts our thought processes, or until a new challenge or a new opportunity changes the landscape. There are plenty of recent examples. Within the past decade, the hard-and-fast rule of always planting corn first has changed; […] Read more

Crops, Soybeans

The road ahead for soybean growers

Soybean Guide: What makes you so sure that you can plant more soybeans and still pull off good yields?

By Ralph Pearce March 10, 2015

Reading Time: 8 minutes Soybeans, soybeans — and more soybeans. That’s the forecast from most corners of the agri-food industry, whether it’s based in Western Canada or in the East. Soybean production in Canada was big in 2014 and it’s on a path to grow even bigger in 2015. At the same time, that growth will come at a […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

PotashCorp buys stake in Heringer to expand in Brazil

By Ashutosh Pandey, Guillermo Parra-Bernal March 2, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sao Paulo | Reuters — Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the world’s largest fertilizer company by market value, agreed on Monday to pay about $69.8 million for a 9.5 per cent stake in Brazilian rival Fertilizantes Heringer SA, the latest effort by PotashCorp to grow in Latin America’s largest economy. The deal, which is expected to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Agrium profit beats Street, helped by higher grain prices

By Reuters February 23, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Fertilizer and farm retail dealer Agrium reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit helped by higher prices for most grains and oilseeds. The company also forecast 2015 profit to be $7 to $8.50 per share. Analysts on average expect a profit of $7.55 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Agrium’s U.S.-listed shares rose two […] Read more

Canola

The ultimate N rate for canola

If we could predict the weather perfectly, it might be different,  but in the real world, the best tool to determine nitrogen rates is  the soil test. It’s a great starting point for 2015

By Jay Whetter February 18, 2015

Reading Time: 5 minutes One lesson from the Ultimate Canola Challenge is that it’s a wise economic decision to follow your soil test recommendations for nitrogen. “We have always recommended soil tests to get an idea of the nutrient situation in a field, and what really pleased us about the Ultimate Canola Challenge results is how strongly they confirmed […] Read more

Daily Network News

Prairie forecast: Arctic air keeps spring warming at bay

Feed Grain Weekly: Seasonal gains expected this spring

Klassen: Stronger barley prices weigh on feeder cattle values

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