Insights and Stories on Fertilizer

Tech widens door for cattail-based fertilizer

Nov. 10, 2023 at 9:34 am CST

A new-to-North-America wetland harvester could revolutionize the way wetlands are managed and provide cheap, sustainable fertilizer in the process, according to at least one watershed district that has tested the machine. “It definitely has the potential to be a game-changer for wetland maintenance, drain maintenance and biomass harvesting,” said Redboine […]

Nutrien misses quarterly profit estimates as potash prices plummet

Nov. 1, 2023 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Reuters

More affordability, usage of fertilizers in 2024, analyst says

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:56 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

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

Oct. 9, 2023 at 8:24 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

More bang for your fertilizer buck

Sep. 29, 2023 at 2:31 pm CDT

By Jim Timlick

Researchers want producers to plant more peas

Sep. 22, 2023 at 9:41 am CDT

Peas are a powerhouse. Not only do they sport a low carbon footprint and contain a high amount of protein, they come with their own nitrogen. So why aren’t more producers planting them? The biggest reason is the risk of root rot, a disease of peas that can infect the […]

By Jeff Melchior

Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

Sep. 13, 2023 at 1:45 am CDT

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 […]

By MarketsFarm

Putin to meet Erdogan amid push to revive grain deal

Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as Ankara and the United Nations seek to revive a Ukraine grain export deal that helped ease a global food crisis. Russia quit the deal in […]

By Guy Faulconbridge

Russia says will have talks with Turkey about alternative to Black Sea deal

Aug. 31, 2023 at 2:53 am CDT

Reuters — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan will discuss a proposal by Moscow for an alternative to the Black Sea grain deal when they meet this week, Lavrov’s ministry said Wednesday. Under the plan, Russia would send a million tons of grain to Turkey at […]

By Reuters

Early results are in for variable rate fertilizer economics

Aug. 23, 2023 at 3:20 pm CDT

A primary argument for variable rate technology (VRT) is that it enables farmers to be more exact in their use of crop inputs. By breaking fields into specific zones where different or variable application rates can be used, producers are no longer tied to flat rate applications and can make […]

By Mark Halsall