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Feedlot manure and compost fuels crop performance

Real Agriculture

Two things are true when it comes to agriculture: where there is cattle, there is manure and where there are crops, there is a need for nutrients. Feedlot operators have been spreading manure… Read More

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Feb 26: Manure and microbes, soybeans and water quality, and protecting N from loss

Real Agriculture

In this episode of Wheat Petes Word, Johnson shares insights into preventing nitrogen fertilizer losses, assessing manures nutrient release potential and impact on microbial activity and Read More

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The Agronomists, Ep 173: Fall field work with Glen Arnold, Christine Brown, and Curtis Cavers

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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

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Nov 13: Cool connections, patience, bushel weights, P in manure, and soil pH

Real Agriculture

A low soil pH just needs some lime and is good to go — right? Not necessarily so, explains Peter “Wheat Pete” Johnson in this latest episode of Wheat Pete’s Word.

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Ruminating with RealAg, Ep 17: Turning feedlot waste into fields of opportunity

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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. That being said, Read More

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RealAg Radio: Early sulphur on wheat, strip tillage systems, and tariffs from China, Mar 10, 2025

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Host Lyndsey Smith is joined by RealAgricultures in-house agronomist Peter Wheat Pete Johnson to discuss some important agronomic issues including sulphur needs for the winter wheat crop, nitrogen from applying manure, and tillage erosion. Lyndsey then covers some of the top news stories Read More

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Wheat Pete’s Word, Mar 13: Managing tiller potential, manure nutrient sources, and early insect trouble

Real Agriculture

From nitrogen and sulphur applications, to manure, and even maybe some early planting, wheels are turning. From nitrogen and sulphur applications, to manure, and even maybe some early planting, wheels are turning. The mild winter has certainly got many thinking about field passes. And with that comes. And with that comes. Read More

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