A new plant nutrition bio-solution was launched in Western Canada prior to Ag in Motion and was promoted at the event last week.
Nutrien introduced Terramar for the 2026 growing season. Terramar is a bio-solution designed to support nutrient uptake and helps crops manage environmental stress and protect yield potential.
Twyla Jones, Nutrien's Senior Manager of Agronomic Innovations in Canada, says the product was tested in Western Canada last year in canola, wheat, and corn. Testing is also being done in Ontario and B.C.
"Resoundingly successful," Jones said of the trials so far. "We had over 70% positive ROI in those trials, so we had growers that received enough yield to offset the application and costs of the product. We also had a lot of (lessons) come about. When is the best time to apply? A little bit more about what the mode of action is and how it's performing up here in Canada."
She says Terramar "combines two unique biologically extracted components" – leonardite, a carbon-based technology (CBT) and kelp, a marine-based technology (MBT).
"Together they provide modes of action that include building yield through increasing sugars and photosynthates, and protecting yield in terms of abiotic stress." she said.
"An example of that is what we're seeing across Western Canada. We're using FLIR (Forward-Looking Infrared) technology to be looking at the canopy temperatures in the crops where it's been applied. And we're seeing anywhere up to 5 to 7 degrees cooler on the Terramar side, which is one of the key ways that it helps to preserve yield during these stressful times."
It can be used on all crop types. She says farmers are excited about the product.
"We're hearing from growers that we're seeing lines in the field where say canola blooms are being preserved in this heat. And so really exciting to have growers as excited about the product as we are." Jones said, adding it will be used on roughly 250,000 acres across Western Canada this season.
She also says it can included with a late-herbicide or early-fungicide application.
Another product Nutrien promoted was a vegetable-oil based utility modifier called Prevade.
Jones says Prevade is mainly used as an add-on for pre-emergent weed control products and "helps to keep that active ingredient in the soil in the root zone where it's active longer and prevents it from leaching down in the soil profile."
She adds it can be used for controlling kochia.
"We're seeing added control as well as we're seeing the kochia being kept a little bit smaller, so that when we come in with our end crop, the kochia is a little bit easier to control."
Nutrien says Prevade easily mixes with a variety of soil-applied products.
