Insights and Stories of Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Soy snaps win streak on disappointing biofuel mandates

Dec. 1, 2022 at 6:20 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell on Thursday, snapping five days of gains as soybean oil sold off sharply after the U.S. government proposed smaller-than-expected biofuels blending requirements. Wheat slid on disappointing export sales, while soybean weakness dragged corn lower. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, China optimism

Nov. 30, 2022 at 3:24 pm CST

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U.S. grains: Wheat inches higher on hopes China will ease COVID-19 measures

Nov. 29, 2022 at 4:11 pm CST

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U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles to three-month low in broad sell-off

Nov. 28, 2022 at 4:28 pm CST

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Fiona batters Eastern Canada’s farms, fishery

Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:18 pm CDT

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Canada can cut fertilizer emissions 14 per cent by 2030, industry groups say

Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:41 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from applying nitrogen fertilizer by 14 per cent by 2030 through adoption of more sustainable farm practices and new technology, without any overall reduction in fertilizer use, agriculture industry groups said on Wednesday. Such reductions of nitrous oxide from […]

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Nutrien’s interim CEO named CEO

Aug. 8, 2022 at 7:07 pm CDT

Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest potash fertilizer producer, named Ken Seitz as chief executive on Monday, removing the interim tag. Nutrien in January surprised investors by replacing its CEO for the second time in eight months. It then named Seitz, the head of its potash business, as […]

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Cold and hungry: Food inflation bites Canada’s North

Aug. 8, 2022 at 3:30 pm CDT

Iqaluit | Reuters –– In Canada’s remote North, residents have long paid dearly for food, and rising prices have worsened an already dire situation, exposing the vulnerability of one of the world’s biggest exporters of grains and meat. Communities in Nunavut — the largest of the three territories that make […]

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BHP open to potash partner but still will enter fertilizer business alone

Jun. 13, 2022 at 8:27 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — BHP Group is open to taking on a partner as it builds its first potash mine in Saskatchewan, but can also go it alone and is not currently involved in discussions with rival Nutrien, a senior BHP executive said Monday. “We are more than happy and […]

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Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Jun. 9, 2022 at 9:57 pm CDT

Reuters — Nutrien, the world’s largest fertilizer producer, said Thursday it will increase its Canadian potash production by 20 per cent to an annual 18 million tonnes by 2025, helping to address tight supplies that have contributed to a global food shortage. Potash prices have soared since the West imposed […]

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