Real Agriculture

JANUARY 23, 2025

Molecules in the air consist of 78 per cent nitrogen. During a lightning storm, the energy of a lightning bolt breaks apart nitrogen molecules, allowing them to form nitrogen oxides. These dissolve in rainwater as nitrates, which fall to the ground with the rain and add nitrogen to soil.

Fertilizer 292

Fertilizer Technology Production Crop 292

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 22, 2024

When farmers set set their sights at higher target yields, one of the limiting factors is often soil fertility. Securing nitrogen fertilizer is costly and dependent on long supply chains. Currently, Read More When farmers set set their sights at higher target yields, one of the limiting factors is often soil fertility.

Fertilizer 290

Fertilizer Supply Chain Yield Crop 290

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

There’s never a shortage of field work to be done in the fall, but fall conditions can sometimes be very unfavourable for tillage, manure, or fertilizer applications. Read More

Manure 264

Manure Fertilizer Crop Production 264

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Farmers have become quite familiar with the 4Rs of nutrient management — when it comes to fertilizer application they need to consider the right source, rate, time and placement of nutrients.

Fertilizer 264

Fertilizer Crop 264

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

How does commercial nitrogen fertilizer impact soil organic matter? After reviewing decades of academic… Read More How does commercial nitrogen fertilizer impact soil organic matter? After reviewing decades of academic… Read More How does commercial nitrogen fertilizer impact soil organic matter?

Fertilizer 162

Fertilizer Farming Farming Production 162

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In this report from the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associations MicroSmart Deep Dive meeting in Kingston, Ont., In this report from the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associations MicroSmart Deep Dive meeting in Kingston, Ont., Better together.

Crop 214

Crop Production Fertilizer 214

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Manure has been used as fertilizer for a very long time, however with the advent of fewer mixed farms and access to commercial fertilizer, which is easier to transport and often easier to apply, nearly all farmers have moved away from using manure as the primary source of fertilizer on their operations.

Manure 232

Manure Fertilizer Farming Farming 232

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

There is a lot more going on beneath our feet than what meets the eye. Soil is home to billions upon billions of microbes that benefit plants.

Fertilizer 275

Fertilizer Production Crop 275

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Managing for nitrogen crop needs is a main driver for achieving top yields. Nitrogen fertilizer, however, is also prone to a few forms of losses: by water, and by air. All of these losses, by denitrification, leaching, or immobilization, can cost in underused or unused fertilizer, and losses by nitrous oxide emissions drag on the.

Fertilizer 264

Fertilizer Yield Crop Production 264

Agricultural Biodiversity

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Identification of breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ) and South American crops introduced during early settlement of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), as revealed through starch analysis. Early agriculture and crop transitions at Kakapel Rockshelter in the Lake Victoria region of eastern Africa. Maybe around Africa too, who knows.

Maize 213

Maize Crop Fertilizer Harvester 213

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Amazone is touting its new boundary spreading feature as a tool that gives crop growers the confidence to spread full fertilizer rates to the edge of the field. Read More Amazone is touting its new boundary spreading feature as a tool that gives crop growers the confidence to spread full fertilizer rates to the edge of the field.

Fertilizer 237

Fertilizer Crop Production 237

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

When managing fertilizer, the when of application can matter almost as much as the rate, especially when it comes to nitrogen and minimizing losses, says Peter Wheat Pete Johnson.

Manure 221

Manure Fertilizer Production Crop 221

Real Agriculture

MARCH 26, 2024

What’s the right amount for starter fertilizer? What’s the right amount for starter fertilizer? When it comes to phosphorus, having early availability close to the seed is of utmost importance to support early seedling development. Too much phosphorus, too close can also cause seedling toxicity and death.

Fertilizer 279

Fertilizer Seeding Production Crop 279

Real Agriculture

MAY 13, 2024

Are crops really inefficient at taking up nitrogen? Actually, no — crops take up and store N in grain and also in stalks, stems, leaves, and roots, which can sometimes be overlooked in nitrogen removal calculations, leading some to think that there is more N “lost” than is actually so. But if crops are pretty.

Fertilizer 299

Fertilizer Science Grain Crop 299

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 7, 2023

One spreader for both lime and granular fertilizer — that’s what Amazone has delivered with its new trailed ZG-TX combi-spreader. In this report from Agritechnica 23 at Hanover, Germany, Amazone’s Jeff Schott shares how the ZG-TX can apply both granular mineral fertilizers and earth-moist limes precisely through the one machine.

Fertilizer 246

Fertilizer Production Farming Farming 246

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Despite an extremely dry September that played havoc with plant establishment, the winter wheat crop across Ontario appears to be packing plenty of yield potential as it heads into the dormant winter months. RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Wheat Pete Johnson says the crop is not as big as he had hoped estimates peg it between Read More

Yield 256

Yield Crop Fertilizer Seeding 256

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 28, 2025

On Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay formally announced the commitment to continue paying farmers an incentive to implement on-farm practices around cover Read More

Agriculture 314

Agriculture Agriculture Farming Farming 314

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Manufactured by family-owned Czech company, the seed drill is designed for direct seeding of various crops into uncultivated soil, stubble fields, catch crops or heavy and rocky soils. Bednar will be bringing its new Directo No seed drill to North America for 2024. Read More

Seeding 284

Seeding Fertilizer Manufacturing Crop 284

Real Agriculture

MAY 13, 2024

What crops can benefit from inoculants and what kind of yield impact can they have? sales managers Doug Tigges says the first questions he typically gets from growers include whether an inoculant or biological product is easy to use; how it fits into management of the crops grown on the farm; and. XiteBio Technologies U.S. Read More

Yield 290

Yield Crop Technology Production 290

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Pulses are well known for their ability to fix their own nitrogen in-crop, but some farmers choose to add starter nitrogen at seeding. Read More Pulses are well known for their ability to fix their own nitrogen in-crop, but some farmers choose to add starter nitrogen at seeding. Is it worth it?

Fertilizer 264

Fertilizer Seeding Crop Production 264

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 16, 2024

Growers can best maintain fertility in forage fields to produce optimum grass and hay crops with a little help from the 4Rs of nutrient management, says Nutrien Premium Fertilizer Technologies senior agronomist Lyle Cowell.

Forage 274

Forage Fertilizer Technology Crop 274

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 29, 2024

Like most crops, a strong, high yielding corn crop depends on what nutrients are in the soil. With corn being a such a big, high-yielding plant, this crop is particularly reliant on a high amount of nitrogen, Read More Like most crops, a strong, high yielding corn crop depends on what nutrients are in the soil.

Fertilizer 246

Fertilizer Yield Crop Seeding 246

Real Agriculture

JANUARY 28, 2025

While the dollar amount was previously known, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay formally announced the funding for the OFCAF initiative through 2027-28 on Tuesday. While the dollar amount was previously known, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay formally announced the funding for the OFCAF initiative through 2027-28 on Tuesday.

Agriculture 283

Agriculture Agriculture Food Farming 283

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs has published its new Guide to Vegetable Production in Ontario – Publication 839.

Production 278

Production Ruralism Fertilizer Crop 278

Real Agriculture

JULY 22, 2024

With a 90-foot boom for fertilizer, crop protection products, and seed, the Salford Group’s new AB640 applicator has the capability to cover 22 per cent more ground per pass compared to traditional 70-foot applicators. In this report from Ag In Motion at Saskatoon, SK., In this report from Ag In Motion at Saskatoon, SK.,

Fertilizer 290

Fertilizer Seeding Production Crop 290

Agric4profits

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Organic Ginger Farming is a sustainable agricultural practice focused on growing ginger without synthetic inputs. It relies on natural fertilizers, pest control, and soil management to promote healthy crop growth and protect the environment. Organic Ginger Farming helps preserve soil fertility and biodiversity.

Farming 101

Farming Farming Fertilizer Pesticide 101

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Nutrients and irrigation speed up crop development, increase crop yield and prevent contamination. Adding the right amount of fertilizer is an essential practice for nutrient management based on your farm's goals and soil conditions. The best amount of nutrients will vary between crop species, soil, precipitation, and more.

Fertilizer 92

Fertilizer Compost Crop Distribution 92

Agricultural Biodiversity

MARCH 25, 2024

Out of the Shadows: Reestablishing the Eastern Fertile Crescent as a Center of Agricultural Origins: Part 1. Same for crop wild relatives in the Eastern Fertile Crescent? Go East, young archaeobotanists! Extinction risk predictions for the world’s flowering plants to support their conservation.

Fertilizer 213

Fertilizer Ecology Seeding Crop 213

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

There’s never a shortage of field work to be done in the fall, but fall conditions can sometimes be very unfavourable for tillage, manure, or fertilizer applications.

Manure 290

Manure Fertilizer Crop Production 290

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly An unusually wet summer has boosted soil fertility in some areas, which is critical to maintain for encouraging good establishment and to help crops thrive throughout the growing period.

Crop 218

Crop Fertilizer Agriculture Agriculture 218

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The application of sulphur fertilizer involves a key question: when does the crop need the sulphur? Read More The application of sulphur fertilizer involves a key question: when does the crop need the sulphur? Read More The application of sulphur fertilizer involves a key question: when does the crop need the sulphur?

Fertilizer 299

Fertilizer Production Crop 299

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Prices for key fertilizer products, including potash and phosphates, have trended lower in 2024 but tumbling farm commodity prices are making it difficult to navigate input costs for the 2025 crop. In this report from the Farm Progress Show at Boone, Iowa, ADM Farm Direct Fertilizer’s Chris Meyer says he and his team are having.

Fertilizer 240

Fertilizer Marketing Production Crop 240

Real Agriculture

MARCH 3, 2025

With a single cab-mounted camera, Case IH SenseApply offers adjust-on-the-fly variable rate application of herbicide, fungicide, and fertilizer.

Technology 269

Technology Fertilizer Marketing Crop 269

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In agriculture, drones that show great potential for producers fall under two different jurisdictions. In agriculture, drones that show great potential for producers fall under two different jurisdictions. Regulations around flying drones in Canada, especially drones in the 25-150 kilogram weight class, can be complicated.

Pesticide 232

Pesticide Agriculture Agriculture Fertilizer 232

Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Speaking at the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associations MicroSmart Deep Dive meeting in Kingston, Ont., Speaking at the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associations MicroSmart Deep Dive meeting in Kingston, Ont., Lauzon noted Read More

Crop 252

Crop Farming Farming Fertilizer 252

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It’s difficult to overstate the impact that Hurricane Helene has had and continues to have on southeastern states such as North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Over 300 people have lost their lives, livestock have been killed or are still missing, and whole towns are without power or even passable road systems. Florida was also.

Fertilizer 311

Fertilizer Livestock Marketing Production 311

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The world is increasingly recognizing the value of sustainable food systems, and organic agriculture plays a vital role in this movement. This translates to healthier food and a healthier environment and reduces reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. For the FY25 budget, NIFA is suggested a $3.5

Food 111

Food Seeding Poultry Crop 111