Ontario fertilizer prices at mercy of outside forces

Ontario fertilizer prices at mercy of outside forces

Rail labour uproar and prospect of U.S. bumper crop make market insights muddy

A railway labour disruption in Canada and the prospect of a massive crop in the U.S. Midwest leave too many questions for clear pronouncements on fertilizer or commodity market directions in Ontario.


Aerial view of the soon to be functional green ammonia plant on R&L Acres near Sperling Manitoba.

Green, farm-produced anhydrous ammonia in the home stretch

FuelPositive’s technology will soon be producing anhydrous ammonia using water, air and hydro on a Manitoba farm

Glacier FarmMedia – After two years of delays, the world’s first on-farm green ammonia plant is weeks away from producing fertilizer. In mid-June, Ontario clean energy company FuelPositive announced that pieces were in place for its pilot project at R&L Acres near Sperling, Man. Why it matters: Aside from reducing emissions, producing anhydrous ammonia on […] Read more

Adzuki beans with nodules (shown with red arrows) on June 25, 2024.

Nodulation and nitrogen use in dry beans

OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of July 1

In late June, adzuki beans that had been in the ground for 3 weeks already had a few nodules on the roots (see photo at top), and the nodules were active (pink inside when split open). Another field of adzuki planted in the same region around the same time did not have any nodules on […] Read more