Tag: fertilizers

Major crises throw sand in the machine of globalization and countries like Russia or China are then ready to protect ...

Nitrogen is dizzyingly expensive. Anyone who neglects the basic nutrients now also slows down nitrogen uptake. Extremely high fertilizer prices , especially for ...

I had one field that had a pH of 8.5 and was high in calcium and magnesium, and even after ...

Just before Christmas, there was information that nitrogen fertilizers became more expensive. The price of ammonium nitrate exceeded PLN 4,000. PLN per ...

If you decide that the benefits of foliar fertilization are worth the cost, here are a few suggestions:

As progeny he usually opts for a winter grain after a nitrate-sensitive main crop such as potatoes.

Center pivot fertigation may be the future for potato production.

Rapidly rising fertilizer prices are causing serious concern among U.S. farmers and ranchers. Chad Smith has more on what farmers ...

To experience the effect of a soil scan, we followed this process for more than a year. 

Lime ammonium nitrate (KAS) now costs 625 euros per ton at the German import ports! So if you thought that ...

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported last week that, “Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to rise at a good clip the first partial ...

Farmers in the US believe that high fertilizer prices are also due to market manipulation. They are calling for an investigation ...

Today’s high fertilizer prices are hardly a secret. The underlying reasons for the cost of these critical products, however, are ...

A Sinn Féin MEP has questioned the European Commission, members of which attended a sitting of the European Parliament Agricultural ...

ABP’s Port of Ipswich is bucking the trend and seeing record amounts arrive at its shores.

economists expect high input prices to persist through spring.

The economy is raising more than just prices as farmers question how to manage fertilizer investments in 2022. For Helena ...

Growers want processors to offer higher prices to compensate for increased fertiliser costs.

The fertilizer prices are at a record level. Still, there is nothing to buy. What can farmers do? Strategies and their consequences Farmers ...

Fertilizers not only become dramatically more expensive, but also often difficult to buy.

In a fertigation trial in potatoes, Aeres University of Applied Sciences compares schemes with four nitrogen levels and two different ...

Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes. It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology ...

Soil fertilization does not always guarantee full availability of nutrients. Therefore, it is fully justified to supplement it with foliar feeding. ...

The fertilizers prices have not been so high for many years. But while grain prices are falling again, the arable farmers ...

growers to recognize the potential food safety risks associated with the rapidly expanding use of biostimulants and biofertilizers in crop ...

When growing potatoes, the pH of the soil is important. It affects susceptibility to diseases.

The precise application of (leaf) fertilization is important for arable farmer Hans Stegeman from Biddinghuizen in order to adjust the ...

Practical aspects of mixing pesticides with fertilizers

There does not seem to be an end to the rise in fertilizer prices

After ten years, arable farmer Jan-Albert Brands from Andel (GR) has exchanged his 4-row Grimme row cultivator. Due to good experiences, ...

Ways fixation might occur naturally or industrially

This is evident from twenty years of research into different types of organic fertilizers.

Fertigation, in which drip irrigation is combined with fertilization, provides substantial additional yields

Soil pH affects many aspects of crop production, especially nutrient availability. Most of our main field crops like a neutral ...

chemical fertilizers has increased by around 16% between 2015-16 & 2020-21.

reports NAPMN: costs for agricultural inputs and crop protection agents are on the rise

US phosphate industry has been materially injured by imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia

A reduced basic fertilization in the row scored the best financially for potatoes last year

A new protocol for estimating the determinacy of potato varieties will be released in the next few months and will ...

On average FarmLab saves farmers about 30% of their costs by cheaper sampling costs and reduced fertiliser input

In the quest for affordable equipment capable of precision fertiliser application, opportunities for smaller or medium-sized growers exist in both ...

Fertilizers that nourish the plant while ensuring a healthy soil provide the highest yields.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology researchers have designed a portable optical sensor that allows rapid monitoring of plant stress ...

The white areas in this North Dakota field are not snow — they are areas with high salinity, which can ...

With last year's harvest just off the field, it is also time to look at the coming growing season. An important ...

Potato tubers are the result of the plant genetics and the environmental conditions in which they are grown. Potato varieties ...

Not all phosphorus-based fertilizers are created equal. For this reason, achieving adequate and well-timed phosphorus nutrition in potatoes can prove ...