Reading Time: 2 minutes The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it would seek to curb U.S. emissions of powerful industrial greenhouse gases such as nitrous oxide as it enters a new phase in the national strategy to fight climate change under the Paris agreement.
US targets nitrous oxide in new phase of climate strategy
Canada pledges funds for efficient fertilizer research
Joining the Efficient Fertilizer Consortium gives Canada chance to influence research strategies, feds say
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada will join the U.S., U.K., and others in a group dedicated to advancing efficient and novel fertilizers, the federal government announced today.
Richardson makes first entry in branded crop inputs
Company launches new N stabilizer, CirrusX
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie grain handler and agribusiness Richardson Pioneer has launched itself into self-branded crop inputs with a nitrogen stabilizer, CirrusX. Steve Biggar, associate vice-president of fertilizer and energy products for Winnipeg-based Richardson, said it was the right time for the company to launch CirrusX because of new treaters the company has installed to allow liquid products […] Read more
Capturing carbon — and the credits
Intercropping has potential, but the bigger bucks may be in cutting nitrogen
Reading Time: 5 minutes Intercropping has potential, but the bigger bucks may be in cutting nitrogen The announcement of the Federal Greenhouse Gas Offset System in early March brings more Canadian farmers closer to being paid for storing carbon, but there is more to be sorted out before this becomes a reality. Progress is expected this year in the […] Read more
CHS locks in fertilizer supply, scraps plan for N.D. plant
Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — U.S.-based agribusiness CHS Inc. said it would invest US$2.8 billion in a unit of fertilizer producer CF Industries to secure nitrogen fertilizer supplies. This is the third deal in a week in the highly fragmented global fertilizer industry, which is trying to cope with weak prices caused by excess supply. CHS will have […] Read more
CVR to buy Rentech arm in N fertilizer merger
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Nitrogen fertilizer producer CVR Partners said Monday it would buy Rentech Nitrogen Partners for US$533 million, excluding debt, as global fertilizer makers scale up at a time when increased supplies weigh on nitrogen prices. The deal creates North America’s fifth-largest nitrogen producer, vaulting the companies past Norway-based Yara International. It comes less than […] Read more
Fertilizer firm CF Industries to buy OCI assets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. fertilizer maker CF Industries said on Thursday it will buy OCI NV’s North American and European plants for US$6 billion, making CF the world’s largest publicly-traded nitrogen company. The stock and cash deal comes 10 months after CF’s merger talks with Yara International collapsed. It marks the largest fertilizer M+A deal since […] Read more
Ukrainian N plants to shut, government pressure cited
Reading Time: < 1 minute Kiev | Reuters –– A company controlled by Ukrainian tycoon Dmytro Firtash said Thursday it was closing down its last two nitrogen fertilizer plants in Ukraine because of “unprecedented pressure” from the government which had deprived the plants of gas. A statement by his Group DF said the closure of the Cherkassky Azot and Rivneazot […] Read more
Ottawa’s new GHG goal eyes fertilizer, chem sectors
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government’s new target, to cut the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels in the next 15 years, will involve new regulations on fertilizer and chemical companies’ output. Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced the government’s new target and general plans on Friday in Winnipeg, but hasn’t yet specified […] Read more
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