St. Louis, Mo.-Agrotain’s more concentrated version of its liquid nitrogen formulation, which was launched successfully last year in the U.S., is now available in Canada. Marketed as Agrotain Ultra, the new product is designed with both the ag retailer and the farmer in mind. Agrotain’s Jeff Whetstine, vice president for global marketing, told Green Markets that Agrotain Ultra has been in development for a couple of years, with the aim of reducing the amount of storage space and packaging required and also to reduce the amount of product needed at the time of fertilizing. “In the past the fertilizer dealer would have to apply four quarts per ton for urea. With the new product this has been reduced to three quarts.” He said another plus is that the dealer now has fewer containers to contend with during the mixing process, which requires just a few minutes. The new product also uses Agrotain’s proprietary “StabilizedNitrogen” technology, which is meant to limit the volatility losses of nitrogen into the air following urea and UAN application by inhibiting the urease enzyme in the soil. Agrotain points out that reducing volatilization extends the availability of nitrogen to plants, thus improving yield and plant health. Whetstine added that the cost is very reasonable in light of the increases in nitrogen prices. He said this helped make the reception in the U.S. very positive and the same is expected in Canada, where major crops are cereal grains, canola, and flax. “Farmers need to make sure the nitrogen they apply stays with the crop and this product helps them to increase their nitrogen efficiency,” he explained. “If the farmer wants to add Agrotain Ultra to urea he just puts it in at the time it’s blended and it’s just as easily added with UAN solution at the rate of 1½ quarts per ton because it is a very powerful formulation.”
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