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Construction firm to reopen Kapuskasing, Ont. phosphate mine

By Geralyn Wichers December 20, 2024
British Columbia-based Infracon Construction, Inc., announced today it has purchased the shuttered Agrium phosphate mine in Kapuskasing, Ontario.

File photo of a barley seedling. (SusanHSmith/iStock/Getty Images)
News

NFU calls for efficacy testing of non-fertilizer supplements 

By Robert Arnason October 21, 2024
The federal government should re-instate efficacy testing for non-fertilizer supplements, says the National Farmers Union.

Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)

Black Sea grain deal expires after Russia quits

United Nations says the move would "strike a blow to people in need everywhere"

By Guy Faulconbridge, Michelle Nichols July 17, 2023
United Nations/Moscow | Reuters – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine’s grain for the past year expired on Monday after Russia quit and warned it could […] Read more

Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops, Markets

Russia rejects bank compromise as Black Sea grain deal expiry looms

Collapse of deal could aggravate global food crisis

By Reuters July 4, 2023
Reuters — Russia on Tuesday restated a demand for its state agricultural bank to be reconnected to the global SWIFT payments system to avert the collapse of the Black Sea […] Read more

A farm worker unloads Ukrainian-made fertilizer from a truck on April 5, 2022 to use on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka, outside Kharkiv, after it was hit by an aerial bombardment. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)
Crops

Ukraine faces lack of herbicides, pesticides for spring seeding

About a third of needed chemicals reported to be at hand

By Reuters March 13, 2023
Kyiv | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers, which have already started the 2023 spring sowing, have only around 35 per cent of the herbicides and pesticides they need, analyst APK-Inform quoted […] Read more


Key mechanisms uncovered for sustainable ammonia production
News

Key mechanisms uncovered for sustainable ammonia production

Science Notes: Research expands on previous production efficiency efforts

By University of Central Florida February 28, 2023
Ammonia is an essential ingredient in many fertilizers for food production, but its primary production method is energy and fuel intensive. But a University of Central Florida (UCF) research team, […] Read more

There is an ever-growing demand for more food production, but many of the methods and tools needed to meet this demand can have negative consequences for the climate.
News

Editorial: Shaping a new green revolution

By Kristy Nudds February 6, 2023
The term ‘green revolution’ was first coined in 1968 by William S. Gaud, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, to reflect the technology transfer initiatives that led to […] Read more

“When we think about disease management, pest management, integrated pest management, we’re monitoring and assessing all season long. Why aren’t we doing that with nitrogen?” – Deb Campbell.
Crops, News

Lowering emissions without sacrificing profits

Nitrogen strategies that meet grower and government needs

By Matt McIntosh February 6, 2023
Nitrogen fertilizer is a cornerstone of crop production. It’s also become a hot political topic, with market volatility, emission reduction demands, geopolitics and a slew of other factors keeping it […] Read more


Edible mealworms in a wooden spoon
Livestock

French insect-based ingredients maker Ynsect to expand in North America

U.S. plant would use Ardent Mills' flour milling byproducts

By Sybille De La Hamaide December 14, 2022
Paris | Reuters — French company Ynsect said on Tuesday it had signed deals to build insect ingredient production sites in the United States and in Mexico as the firm […] Read more

The big question is whether chemical application can distort floral cues and modify behaviour in pollinators like bees.
Crops, News

Fertilizers change how bumblebees ‘see’ flowers

Science Notes: Findings suggest the number of bees that visit a flower may be reduced

By Oxford University Press December 5, 2022
A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that fertilizers and pesticides can change the way bees ‘see’ a flower, and this reduces the number of bees that […] Read more

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