News - Fertilizer

A potato agronomist with the Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre says, with the price of commercial fertilizers continuing to rise, there’s an opportunity to recycle manure nutrients in a way that will benefit both livestock producers and crop producers.

A researcher with Niverville, Manitoba based Agra-Gold Consulting says farmers who use manure to fertilizer their crops can apply some of the techniques associated with variable rate application.

The Government of Canada is making smart investments to boost the local economy, create jobs and new markets for farmers and vegetable processors.

A researcher with the University of Manitoba says the management of phosphorus applications to crop land will vary according to the source of the nutrient.

New and existing tools are providing crop and livestock producers the ability to effectively manage the amount of phosphorous that ends up being applied to the land to fertilizer crops.

The University of Saskatchewan says the rising cost of commercial fertilizer is making the need for maximizing the value of soil nutrients ever more apparent.