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 | Jun 11, 2012 | Decisive Farming, Press
From the Canadian Business Journal, June 12: Progressive growers farm with confidence There are more than 64 million acres of farmland in Western Canada, the stewardship of which means the sustained livelihood of millions of Canadians who work directly or indirectly...
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...
by Decisive Farming | Apr 10, 2012 | Articles, Farm Management, Fertilizer Prices
Corn + Supply + Demand = High Urea Prices As we head closer into the Western Canadian spring we have always seen a premium in fertilizer prices. Typically, local supply demand fundamentals become the key driver of price and international markets fall more to the side....
by Decisive Farming | Feb 24, 2012 | Articles, Farm Management, Know-Risk Updates, Uncategorized
The outlook that the USDA published yesterday and today shows corn planting at 94 million acres, which would be the largest acreage since 1944. The report also has soybeans at 75 million, down slightly from last year, and wheat planting rising 3.6 million acres to 58...
by Decisive Farming | Feb 17, 2012 | Past Events
ARECA is hosting the first “PRECISION AG 2.0: The Next Generation” Conference at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary, February 22-23 2012. As GPS and GIS is now everywhere, the next level is to understand how we can use this technology to make a profit and...
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