Nitrogen Shortage

**ALLFARMER** · Apr 25, 2012, 13:18

With natural gas so cheap time for another plant
to be set up!

**furrowtickler** · Apr 25, 2012, 13:18

ya guys around here that took on more dirt recently are having a hard time sorcing fert. Add that to $85 rents -ouch. Pea innoculant and seed treatments sold out and remaing peas for seed are heavily deseased.

**dave4441** · Apr 25, 2012, 13:30

V280 will pretty much control any pea disease except phytium and crack seed coat issues. I suspect that is available.

**Partners** · Apr 25, 2012, 14:11

46-0-0 is $960.00 @ the Coop..

**wd9** · Apr 25, 2012, 14:22

Considering the air is 79% nitrogen, we
gotta come up with a better way than what
we are doing for soil nitrogen.

**wd9** · Apr 25, 2012, 14:31

Has anyone looked into making their own
NH3? A bit dated but:

http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newene
rgyandfuel/com/2010/06/15/wind-to-
fertilizer-construction-begins/

The Haber process given the cost of
NatGas today and the time factor we as
farmers have to slowly produce NH3 over
the year and given the price of NH3 seem
to point to there being a better way.

**wd9** · Apr 25, 2012, 14:38

Meth cooks have been making NH3 for years.
How do they do it?

**bucket** · Apr 25, 2012, 16:09

Yeah its sort of funny that a guy that makes a living watching markets is about as good as those that predict elections.

Hold out errol, eventually you will be right. And then you can say " I told you so".

Either way when you become a bull, it may be time to sell.

Just some good natured ribbing, I too respect your posts. Another opinion is a good thing.

**cottonpicken** · Apr 25, 2012, 17:30

There are lots of nitrogen producers around the
world,what we should do is form a co-op,buy out a
small gas company,find our co2 source and goto
town.You can have 46 dropped off in bags from
Timbuktu,in containers in regina,or where ever.

I'm on record as never liking value
add(ethanol,pasta),but production add is a different
story.

Nitrogen Shortage