Insights and Stories on Fertilizer

Southern Manitoba farmer prepares for on-farm ammonia production

Dec. 5, 2024 at 11:46 am CST

It’s easy to see why Curtis Hiebert of R & L Acres in southern Manitoba feels like he’s on the cusp of something great. If all goes as planned, his farm will soon flick the switch and begin making its own ammonia fertilizer for the 2025 growing season. Last week, […]

Mosaic expects Florida fertilizer facilities to return to full production soon

Oct. 15, 2024 at 10:31 am CDT

By Reuters

Mosaic says fertilizer waste facility’s water entered Tampa Bay after Hurricane Milton

Oct. 11, 2024 at 4:58 pm CDT

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Florida fertilizer plants, grain mills close as Hurricane Milton nears

Oct. 9, 2024 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Reuters

Heavy rain saturates Fort Myers as Hurricane Milton approaches Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. Photo: USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters Connect

Hurricane unlikely to fuel long-term fertilizer price increase, analyst says

Oct. 9, 2024 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Sammy Prantera, Seaborn Organic’s Squid Juice sales director, said the organic fertilizer made of Loligo squid is garnering a lot of attention at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show.

Organic fertilizer made from calamari? I squid you not

Sep. 10, 2024 at 5:35 pm CDT

Squid Juice repurposes by-product waste from calamari processing and converts it into liquid organic fertilizer.

By Diana Martin

Nutrien moves on from Louisiana ammonia project amid cost cuts

Jun. 12, 2024 at 2:13 pm CDT

Reuters – Nutrien NTR.TO on Wednesday said it was no longer pursuing its clean ammonia project in Louisiana and would also be reviewing strategic options for its stake in an Argentinian fertilizer company as it looks to rein in expenses. The top potash producer had halted work indefinitely on its […]

By Seher Dareen Sourasis Bose

Nutrien idles three blenders in Brazil ‘indefinitely’

May. 28, 2024 at 3:31 pm CDT

Nutrien Ltd, the world's largest producer of potash fertilizer, confirmed on Tuesday that it is indefinitely halting three blenders in Brazil, where it is trying to navigate difficult market conditions.

By Ana Mano Reuters

U.S. fertilizer imports helping fund Russian war effort, CF Industries says

May. 3, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

Reuters – U.S. agriculture companies have been brisk importers of Russian fertilizer since the 2022 Ukraine invasion, a practice that is unwittingly helping fund Russia’s war against Ukraine, U.S. producer CF Industries CF.N said on Thursday. The U.S. does not impose sanctions directly on Russian fertilizer, which is important to […]

By Richa Naidu Rod Nickel

Ontario company launches first-in-Canada biofertilizer made from cricket frass

Feb. 28, 2024 at 11:03 am CST

SureSource Agronomy is rolling out a line of crop nutrient products derived from the excrement, exoskeletons and discarded feed materials of crickets.

By Stew Slater

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