N-Serve used for first time in Western Canada

Dec 11, 2014

Mossleigh, Alberta received first fall application

By Diego Flammini, Farms.com

After a long history of success in the United States, Canadian farmers will now have the chance to better stabilize and convert regular, unstabilized nitrogen into stabilized nitrogen using N-Serve.

With it, growers can take advantage of lower fertilizer prices in the fall, get a jump start on spring responsibilities, and protect their nitrogen in the root of the crop.

“When a grower is putting down anhydrous ammonia in the fall, there’s a high risk of losing that fertilizer to leaching or denitrification, depending on environmental conditions and soil temperature,” said Andrew Reese, Market Development Specialist with Dow AgroSciences. “By using a nitrogen stabilizer like N-Serve, you can protect your fertilizer investment and know it will be available in the root zone when the plant needs it in the spring.”

All of this done with the endgame being a larger profit.

“Well if we can save more “N” (nitrogen), it should result in more yield at the end of the day,” said Russ Glover, General Manager at Parrish & Heimbecker. “If we can delay when it could possibly be lost from the soil, it should increase their bottom line.”

It’s been a long road to get nitrogen stabilizers north of the border.

“These nitrogen stabilizers have a 35-year track record of success in the U.S., so we’re excited to finally bring their potential and benefits to Canadian growers,” said Dustin Leskosky, Product Manager with Dow AgroSciences.

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.