Insights and Stories on Fertilizer

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

While the price of urea fertilizer has spiked at the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, that increase is unlikely to affect Canadian farmers much, said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett.

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

By Diana Martin

Nutrien moves on from Louisiana ammonia project amid cost cuts

Jun. 12, 2024 at 2:13 pm CDT

By Seher Dareen Sourasis Bose

Nutrien idles three blenders in Brazil ‘indefinitely’

May. 28, 2024 at 3:31 pm CDT

By Ana Mano Reuters

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

May. 3, 2024 at 11:43 am CDT

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

Canada pledges funds for efficient fertilizer research

Jan. 31, 2024 at 11:22 am CST

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.

By Geralyn Wichers

FCC announces new 4R incentive

Jan. 10, 2024 at 5:15 pm CST

FCC announced the new Sustainability Incentive Program at the Western Canadian Crop Production Show in Saskatoon. The program is open to FCC customers who put a 4R nutrient management plan in place, record production activities through AgExpert Field, and have their 4R practices verified by a 4R designated agronomist.

By Geralyn Wichers

Feds ask for public input on standards for municipal waste to be used for fertilizer

Dec. 28, 2023 at 7:51 am CST

The federal government is asking for public input as it prepares to implement interim rules for municipal wastes imported into Canada or sold as fertilizer.

By Geralyn Wichers

Brazilian farmers slow fertilizer buys as drought dampens corn-planting plans

Dec. 18, 2023 at 9:37 am CST

Brazil's drought is causing farmers there to delay fertilizer purchases for their upcoming corn-planting season, denting sales for global fertilizer suppliers in the world's top corn-exporting country, executives told Reuters.

By Ana Mano Reuters Rod Nickel Sourasis Bose