Fertilizer
The strike adds another layer of concern for ag retailers. With farmers assessing their fertilizer costs and needs this fall, this supply chain concern could add stress to an already elevated issue.
These four individuals are being recognized for their exceptional commitment to implementing fertilizer management practices based on the principles of 4R Nutrient Stewardship.
Unless labor agreements are reached, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City will shut nearly all freight rail services in Canada at midnight on Thursday, snarling shipments of everything from wheat to fertilizer and meat.
Farmers are making the decision between buying fertilizer now amid some of the tightest crop margins ever, waiting until spring to make purchases or cutting the input all together.
After a devastating fire on Oct. 23, 2022, the team at Wilbur-Ellis rallied around its Moses Lake, Washington colleagues and customers.
Lejeune Aerial Applications’ Crew, USA Rice and NAAA hosted USDA and EPA officials to demonstrate the techniques, experience and technology used to aerially apply pesticides and other inputs needed for rice production.
A transformation is afoot at Nutrien as the company enters a new era of growth
Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer at StoneX, shares the global factors currently influencing the fertilizer market.
Rantizo receives swarming and night flying approvals, The Anderson’s and The American Seed Trade Association announce leadership changes.
Tim Laatsch, Koch Agronomic Services director of agronomy for North America, says high quality inputs can make all the difference in an operation’s bottom line.
A new 75,000-square-foot green ammonia fertilizer production and distribution facility is online in Boone, Iowa. The modular plant creates 82-0-0 anhydrous ammonia from air, sun, and water.
The first of the company’s Prime product line, Envelix is a biological mixed into granular fertilizer before application to allow for simple integration into a grower’s established practices.
The grants are intended to increase domestic fertilizer production, strengthen competition and lower costs for U.S. farmers.
Veronica Nigh, senior economist at The Fertilizer Institute, shares the indexes she’s watching to gauge the direction of the global fertilizer markets.
2024 Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College: Learn How to Ride the Waves of Farming’s Economic Cycles
This year’s program focuses on practices growers can use to thrive and keep their farms on track. Make plans to join Ken Ferrie and team for the event, which is slated for July 23 and 24 near Heyworth, Ill.
In one bizarre blink, guano ruled U.S. agriculture and the world.
“When we can figure something out, come up with a solution, and then see it works with real yield data to show our decision made us money and we fixed an issue—that’s when it’s fun,” says Jeff Kloucek.
Residue might hamper uptake, surface cover slows soil warming and most cover crops raise the carbon penalty. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie shares timing and placement tips for phosphorus, sulfur and nitrogen.
BioTek Ag, which was based in North Carolina and had been in business for more than 30 years, will become part of Custom Agronomics, a formulator and manufacturer of private-label products.
Tom Snipes, former CEO of Plant Response, has been named the new leader of Custom Agronomics.
In the study, Iowa farmers, custom operators and farm managers shared their average pricing for common agricultural services such as tillage, spraying and fertilizer application.
Brian Ray is confident his soybeans will yield more this season, thanks to the use of 100 lb/A of ammonium sulfate preplant applied. He and his retailer, Brent Peters, anticipate a 4 bu/A average increase or higher.
Quickshot is Helena’s newest entrant in the field, which provides seed fluency in addition to crop nutrient package. For 2024, it’s available in limited quantities.
Tyler Mitchell, agronomy account manager at River Valley Cooperative in Davenport, Iowa, details the daily complexities he and his team unravel for farmers as they serve as boots on the ground.
A Minnesota grower asks Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, how to improve upon the soil fertility on 90 acres he is renting for the first time this year.
Farmers Share Biological Experiences Through New Mosaic Initiative
Through the Frontier Fields program, a select group of farmers will document their experiences with a biological product over the course of a year.
The practices used during the 2024 growing season will have a direct impact on the ability to take advantage of these incentives. Mitchell Hora of Continuum Ag shares what you need to know.
Nitricity is on a quest to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions via its innovative natural liquid fertilizer manufacturing process. The technology represents a major disruption to the global fertilizer market.
The companies share the partnership presented itself as a natural opportunity due to similar customer profiles and shared commitments.
Experts are watching global dynamics to understand the input market’s longer-term outlook in the U.S. Among their top concerns are geopolitics, weather and low supply.