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#Phosphorus nutrition reminder... It works. But its response can take years to recognize! These check strips took 3 years to show significant detriment on low P, calcium loaded, basic pH, irrigated soil. Year 4 was >50% yield loss. #agronomy

@FoodProfessor This sounds really ambiguous! It’s very difficult to measure. One of my favorite sayings is that “You can’t be green, if you’re in the red”. Green sounds appealing, but what is it? Most farms do all they can to have healthy soil, because if it isn’t, they won’t be around long.

Ottawa announced today that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is working on a national soil health strategy. Good. Healthy soil plays a key role in crop yields, farm resilience, and long-term food system stability—making this an important foundational initiative.

@Plantmore1 @Rep_Nutrients Field scale research held its own. We’ve had great results with some of the PKS products on forage production also. Hoping to get some long term phos plots in via @MAGresearchINC this spring comparing P sources. Career nutrient.

@PremiumAg @Rep_Nutrients And you feel confident with replenish vs map ?

Check out our pinned tweet. The strips in the canola you can see from space represent skipping phosphorus fertilizers for 4 years. Catastrophic yield reduction of 50%. The rest of the field was MAP vs replenish products, pound for pound of P. @Rep_Nutrients

@TrentKlarenbach @bigkuz Second time I’ve used this picture for the exact same reason. The addiction is real.

Most farmers are taught that "More Nitrogen = More Bushels." But what if that's actually killing your soil and your margins? 📉 I sat down with @bigkuz Adam Kuznia of True Grit Ag to discuss the science of fertility reduction and the "drug addict" analogy of modern soil. 🧵👇

@agronomistag I’d add these to the the list past soil armour: Manure/Compost Deep rooted perennial forage Fall seed crop Cover crops where water is ample Diverse rotation including cereal, pulse,oilseed while alternating root types (tap vs fibrous)

Keeping the soil covered with residues delivers most of what farmers need from "soil health", and you can see results in a single season. Building soil organic matter takes decades and often disappoints. Are we making this harder than it needs to be?

@MikePalmier Addictions are hard to break... until they aren't. Balanced fertility takes away the inefficient use of N.

It has been interesting being exposed to more farms over the last 18 months in a number of geographies. Fertility plans vary widely, and in many cases indicate a much higher nitrogen usage per bushel # than we typically see through our analytics. producer.com/crops/4r-nutri…

@JLinvilleFert @HobbyFarmerMatt An interesting market! Inventory has always been a liability. Fertilizer bins have consistently been one of the highest ROI pieces of capital on the farm.

@HobbyFarmerMatt There is a lot of demand/planting to the north of you. March/April are our two biggest urea import months to meet spring demand.

If you have not had a conversation with your supplier about spring fertilizer needs, make it a priority. The attacks on Qatar/Iran gas production caused urea to jump another 5 - 7% overnight. I am more worried about supplies than price today... This is real.

What a day! Packed house educating business owners. Navigating through a tight margin year, update from Ottawa @davidbexte wealth management @33sevenwealth research @MAGresearchINC farm capital from Robert Andjelic and finances from MNP.

Almost ready! Should be a banger of a meeting.

Putting together some pieces for our client meeting this Wednesday. This has been a transformational winter for us. New software, focused direction, and lots more players on our bench! 2026 is going to be amazing. #Mindset

Great day! Amazing networking and optimism around agriculture, bringing Calgary to the world! @InnovateCalgary @DeepTechCanada I had a great time on this panel.

@No1FarmerJake @KellyLMcCarty How many acres per day can that machine cover? I have sprayers that cover 1500ac per day and do a great job of it using very little active ingredient.

@KellyLMcCarty You don’t use Glyphosate to kill pests, you use it to kill weeds… there’s a difference.

We don’t need glyphosate to kill pests. Lasers can kill pests without a pesticide.✨ Why not promote this instead?

WOW, the canola stubble from last year is EMPTY!!! If you don't soil test, it's not too late. With N ~$0.80-0.90/lb, why guess at one of your biggest inputs?!

@Bkitch1Bodie 250lbs N - 100lbs applied - OM - Soil test - any other factors like previous crop effect = YES if OM contributes 60-80lbs and your soil about the same. It's all a system. A healthy soil with productive OM that's balanced with other nutrients means more efficient N.

Do you believe it’s possible to raise 250bu corn on 100# or less of Soil applied synthetic N? No manure Jus soil applied N We did it on 146# last year and I rly want to get to 100# or less of soil applied N with 250bu corn. Anyone want to try with me this year?

@lesleyraekelly @HealthRanger @NadineGNess Glyphosate is NOT a desiccant. Shouldn't be used as one. I suspect this practice will be shelved soon. It's a non-selective weed control tool that's highly effective at low doses. He's right in that we'd still be growing crops, just a lot less of them.

@HealthRanger @NadineGNess Oh my goodness - there’s so much misinfo here. Glyphosate isn’t used the way this post suggests & farming decisions are far more complex than “drying crops faster” or getting paid 3-4 earlier (I wish that were true). Talk to farmers about how they farm and grow food safely.

It is an absolute lie that glyphosate is needed for 80% of U.S. food production. Glyphosate is sprayed on wheat crops as a DESSICANT - a drying agent. Not to kill weeds. So they poison the entire wheat supply just to speed the drying time which gets farmers paid 3-4 days earlier than allowing wheat to dry in the sun (which is how it's been done for centuries). If all the glyphosate disappeared tomorrow, we would still be growing wheat, corn, soy and other crops. We just wouldn't be eating cancer-causing poison weedkiller chemicals.

@LAYS gets it! Great commercial for a huge issue facing agriculture in the next few years especially.

@RSaik starting the day in Regina #CC26 Where Agriculture is heading.

Very impressed with how our MetaZones are progressing. We will see how much stability the EC makes in them in short order.

Always a full room at the Irrigation Crop Production Update.

Testing, testing… I knew that calf sled would come in handy.