Nov 23, 2021
Why are the prices so high and limited availability?
How can we maximize our economic yeilds?
Yara's Dr. Rob Mikkelsen and Chris Gallo join to discuss pricing and availability issues. We look at the 2022 forecast and what growers and their advisors can do to manage. We talk about
Nov 9, 2021
In modern farming we need to use synthetic fertilizers in order to grow enough food for our world's population. Are these fertilizers healthy of our soils or hurting our soils? Dr. Rob Mikkelsen, Yara North America's Director of Agronomic Services. Like any tool, we need to use these fertilizers properly. If we...
Oct 26, 2021
Sulfur is a constituent of amino acids in plant proteins and is involved in energy-producing processes in plants. Sometimes a deficiency can be mistaken for Nitrogen deficiency. Dr. Rob Mikkelsen helps us understand how a plant uses sulfur and how to diagnose a deficiency. We also talk about the 4Rs of this nutrient...
Oct 5, 2021
Extremely dry conditions in 2021 at our Saskatoon, Canada incubator farm were looking grim for the research we were conducting. 15% of the average rainfall resulted in poor crop growth on the canola and wheat crops. But looking at some of the data, we found that the Yara complete nutritional treatments showed that the...
Sep 28, 2021
Dr. Rob Mikkelsen, Yara's Director of Agronomic Services, helps us understand the interdependence of water, soil and nutrients. Can a better management of these three components improve water use efficiency in a time of drought?
We refer to an article he wrote in September 2012 for the International Plant Nutrition...