by Decisive Farming | Jul 25, 2012 | Articles, Farm Management, Fertilizer Prices
Seem familiar? Corn + Supply + Demand = High Urea Prices Key take away: Sell part of 2013 crops and buy 2013 fertilizer/fuel to lock in likely the largest farm margins in history. The fertilizer market is being driven by extremely high crop commodity prices for corn,...
by Decisive Farming | Jul 11, 2012 | Agronomy, Articles, Crop Production
From Steve Larocque, Beyond Agronomy: The addition of potassium fertilizer has long been debated in our area due to the high background levels of potassium. Research from Alberta Agriculture has shown that a response to potassium fertilizer is unlikely when soil test...
by Decisive Farming | Jun 13, 2012 | Articles, Decisive Farming
With the beginning of the 2012-13 curling season just around the corner, Team Laycock (Saskatchewan’s #1 ranked team) and their new title sponsor Decisive Farming are focused on bringing a championship men’s curling team back to the wheat province. Decisive Farming...
by Decisive Farming | May 11, 2012 | Articles, Crop Marketing, Farm Management
From Matthew Snell, Know-Risk Advisor: We saw corn drop again yesterday from the bearish USDA report. We are up a little bit today most likely from profit taking with a bit of a risk off trade happening as a result of JP Morgan reporting a 2 billion dollar loss...
by Decisive Farming | Apr 24, 2012 | Articles, Farm Management
A number of regulatory hurdles must be cleared before Glencore’s deal to acquire Viterra will be finalized. As part of the agreement, Richardson International will acquire 23 percent of Viterra’s Canadian grain handling assets, including the Red River...
by Decisive Farming | Apr 17, 2012 | Articles, Farm Management
Growing Forward has announced a new renewable energy program for Alberta farmers. The Renewable Energy Program (Solar PV Pilot) provides funding to Alberta farmers to help install renewable energy generation technologies on their farms. Up to $19500 of funding is...