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FCC sees calmer waters ahead on input market
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FCC sees calmer waters ahead on input market

Has the market finally steadied, or it is the calm before another storm?

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Glacier FarmMedia – Farmers can breathe a sigh of relief knowing crop input prices have stabilized as the world adapts to global supply challenges. That was the message as Farm Credit Canada provided its latest update on input prices for the 2024 crop year. Why it matters: Wild price swings for crop inputs, especially fertilizer, appear […] Read more
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Hybrid catalyst makes fertilizer, cleans wastewater

Science Notes: New process may help reduce emissions

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The manufacturing of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer is an energy- and carbon-intensive process and creates nitrate-containing runoff. Researchers have long sought solutions to reduce emissions from the industry that accounts for three per cent of energy consumption each year. A collaboration between two labs at Northwestern University, partnering with the University of Toronto, has found that […] Read more
File photo of barley being unloaded at a grain terminal in Ukraine on June 23, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Igor Tkachenko)
Crops, Markets

U.N. held talks in Russia on Monday on grain, fertilizer exports

'Unimpeded access' sought for Ukrainian, Russian grain

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United Nations | Reuters — Top United Nations trade official Rebeca Grynspan met with Russian officials in Moscow on Monday for talks aimed at enabling the “unimpeded access” to global markets for grain and fertilizer from Russia and Ukraine, a U.N. spokesperson said. U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths also attended the meetings virtually, U.N. spokesperson […] Read more
Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) chair Brendan Byrne, left, and Crosby Devitt, GFO CEO, discuss issues such as carbon tax exemptions, fertilizer tariffs, increasing input and inflation costs, and concerns about agriculture land protection.
Crops, News

GFO members bring land planning and protection concerns to annual meeting

Fertilizer and carbon tax relief remain ongoing issues

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Grain farmer concerns on land use and planning gained traction against ongoing fertilizer pricing and carbon tax issues. Brendan Byrne, Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO) chair, and CEO Crosby Devitt fielded questions on what measures the organization was taking toward agricultural land protection and intensification planning to address increasing housing pressure during the organization’s annual […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

German farmers use innovation to help meet sustainability targets

The European Union has set some tough targets in its Farm to Fork strategy

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Sustainable production is the latest focus in agriculture as countries around the world look for ways to deal with climate change. The European Union’s Farm to Fork strategy, for example, spells out ambitious goals for sustainable food production. Among its targets by 2030 are reducing chemical pesticide and antimicrobial use by 50 per cent and […] Read more
The new CRF Agritech coated fertilizer manufacturing plant was officially opened Sept. 18 in St. Thomas, Ont. The plant was inaugurated by (ltoR) Mike Pastir, CRF Agritech general manager, Joe Brady, Pursell CFO, Lisa Thompson, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, and Casper Kaastra, Sollio Agriculture CEO.
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Controlled-release fertilizer plant opens in Ontario

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Ontario’s first and only controlled-release fertilizer (CRF) manufacturing plant was inaugurated today in St. Thomas.   CRF Agritech is a joint venture between Sollio Agriculture, the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, several of its cooperatives in Québec, its Agromart retail partners in Ontario and the Maritimes and Alabama-based Pursell, a leading fertilizer technology manufacturer. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

Grain traffic contributes to increase in overall cargo handle

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MarketsFarm — Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of the year-ago level, with 3.747 million tonnes of grain shipped through the port on the northern shores of Lake Superior as of Aug. 31. That was up by 1.1 million tonnes from the previous year’s pace, but slightly behind the […] Read more
A new project aims to create a system of technologies and understandings that could cut nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer.
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Researchers build green fertilizer system to reuse wastes, cut emissions

Science Notes: Researchers also want to boost the project’s sustainability by using wind and solar energy to produce green fertilizer

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Researchers from the U.S. Midwest want to remove some greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer. Research teams from Iowa State University and Wichita State University in Kansas are developing a system that captures waste nitrogen and carbon dioxide to produce a green fertilizer that reduces emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon […] Read more
Tarlok Singh Sahota, centre right in the blue checked shirt, shares his canola-growing wisdom at the Lakehead University Agricultural Research Station (LUARS) near Thunder Bay.
Crops

Nitrogen diversity drives canola yields at Thunder Bay

A local researcher has devised a winning formula for canola yields that is based on a diverse stack of nitrogen sources

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Ryan Jaspers uses a combination of nitrogen sources, including dairy manure and ESN, to consistently achieve 75 bu./ac. canola yields. Jaspers farms at Slate River, a few miles southwest of Thunder Bay, and he has a productive canola formula and climate. His farming region isn’t big. Grain crop area is maybe 10,000 acres, while tame […] Read more
Feed the crop that feeds the livestock!
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Feed the crop that feeds the livestock!

OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week ending September 4

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For forage producers, the production year starts in the fall. What farmers do from mid-August to the end of the growing season impacts this winter’s feed inventory and next year’s forage yield potential. Forage crops have the highest crop nutrient removal values of any field crop grown in Ontario. Harvesting the whole crop while it […] Read more

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