He said a careful choice of varieties at the start of the season could reduce the need for fungicides later on in the year. Rust proof now to avoid wheat crop corrosion. The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is urging growers to remove volunteer growth that may be harbouring rust pathogens.

While producers in Idaho haven t had trouble getting fertilizer this spring, they are paying dearly for product. Fertilizer dealers and producers interviewed for this article estimated fertilizer costs are up anywhere from 10 to 25 percent over last year. Patterson surveys ag chemical and fertilizer dealers in the summer about prices received in 2007 and will have a better idea of where prices actually are then. On the one hand, producers are benefiting from higher commodity prices, an...

In Pennsylvania, corn slated for ethanol production covers only 1.4 million acres of an agricultural landscape dominated by dairy and livestock farming. Prices up $150 per ton Corn demands huge quantities of nitrogen and other nutrients, which has helped to force up fertilizer prices by more than $150 a ton because, even without this year s increased acreage, 45 percent of the country s supply gets spread on cornfields, said Jeff Schneck, sales manager for Cumru Township-based Timac USA....

The company is the world s largest potash producer and a significant producer of nitrogen fertilizers. What does growing corn and other crops have anything to do with natural gas? It takes about 33,000 cubic feet of natural gas to produce one ton of nitrogen fertilizer. Absolutely, he responded, citing that increased corn planting would require natural gas for the nitrogen-based fertilizers and to power the 116 existing ethanol plants. The more fertilizer produced, the more natural gas is...

Fertilizer and oilseeds company Bunge ltd. (NYSE:BG) on Thursday maintained its earnings outlook for the year despite a hefty decline in first-quarter profit. Zuanic said strong demand for ethanol will help keep ADM profitable, since the company has a 19 percent share of that market in the U. The company grows, markets and distributes horticultural products through a number of subsidiaries. The company grows, markets and distributes horticultural products through a number of subsidiaries....