Manitoba allows early-spring fertilizing

frank

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Given the region?s weirdly warm March weather, southern Manitoba farmers now have a one-time break from the provincial rule banning spring fertilizer applications before April 10.

The provincial conservation and water stewardship ministries said Tuesday they would temporarily lift the restriction effective immediately, three weeks earlier than normal.

The province said its move was "in response to recent record-warm temperatures and low soil-moisture content."

Keystone Agricultural Producers, the province?s general farm group, had sought a meeting Monday with provincial officials to get the ban lifted.

Normally the ban blocks farmers from putting down fertilizers after Nov. 10 and before April 10, as a way to prevent nutrient runoff by making sure fertilizers don?t go onto frozen soils.

This month, however, it?s a given that southern Manitoba?s soils are "no longer frozen," the province said, and the soils? already-low moisture content will also help guard against nutrient runoff into waterways.

The exemption, however, does not apply to spreading of livestock manure, nor to fertilizing "sensitive lands along waterways," nor to lands classified as Nutrient Management Zone N4, the province cautioned.

More at http://agcanada.com/daily/manitoba-allows-early-spring-fertilizing/
 

james

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KAP pleased with Manitoba NPD lifting fertilizer restrictions

Winnipeg ? Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is pleased with the province?s announcement on lifting the restriction for the application of nutrients on crop land across southern Manitoba. Yesterday?s announcement will allow farmers to commence field work in preparation for seeding.
?Due to favorable weather conditions over the past week the KAP office had received numerous calls from farmers who were ready to begin field work,? said Doug Chorney, KAP President. ?We started our lobby effort early on Monday morning to get the province to lift the restriction due to the record temperatures and low soil-moisture content and we are pleased that in just over 24 hours the announcement was made.?

In Section 12(2) under the Nutrient Management Regulation it states that no person shall apply a substance containing nitrogen or phosphorus to land in any nutrient management zone between November 10 and April 10. However, there is a stipulation that an earlier date can be specified.

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