Insights and Stories of Rod Nickel

Canadian and U.S. shippers brace for possible CP strike

Mar. 15, 2022 at 12:06 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Thousands of workers at Canada’s second-biggest railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, have threatened to strike this week, potentially disrupting the movement of grain, potash and coal at a time of soaring commodity prices. The strike is the latest risk to Canada’s battered supply chain, which last year […]

Nutrien takes cautious potash approach as rival copes with sanctions

Feb. 17, 2022 at 6:40 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts

Feb. 8, 2022 at 5:20 pm CST

By Julie Gordon Rod Nickel

Nutrien eyes potash production boost amid turmoil in Russia, Belarus

Feb. 1, 2022 at 2:23 am CST

By Polina Devitt Rod Nickel

Canada hopeful for P.E.I. table potato trade in weeks to Puerto Rico, U.S. mainland

Jan. 27, 2022 at 6:06 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Transport strains pile on drought-induced feed shortages

Jan. 25, 2022 at 8:03 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed to fatten them over winter and transportation bottlenecks. The drought devastated Prairie pastures and has now forced feedlots in Alberta, the main […]

By Rod Nickel

South Korea lifts temporary suspension of Canadian beef

Jan. 19, 2022 at 1:19 pm CST

Reuters — South Korea is lifting its temporary suspension of Canadian beef imports that it imposed after Canada detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in December, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Wednesday. South Korea halted the shipments after Canada last month reported its first BSE case in […]

By Rod Nickel

China, Philippines suspend beef imports from Canada on BSE case

Jan. 10, 2022 at 12:12 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters –– China and the Philippines have suspended imports of Canadian beef due to Canada’s detection in December of a cow infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a spokesperson for Canada’s agriculture department said on Monday. The moves follow an import suspension by South Korea last month, after […]

By Rod Nickel

Nutrien makes surprise CEO switch again despite strong profits

Jan. 4, 2022 at 1:36 pm CST

Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest fertilizer producer by capacity, surprised investors by replacing its chief executive on Tuesday for the second time in eight months, even as the company rakes in strong profits. Nutrien said in a statement it named Ken Seitz, the head of its potash business, […]

By Rithika Krishna Rod Nickel

Fertilizer shortage may lead to spring scramble

Nov. 24, 2021 at 5:16 pm CST

Reuters — A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America’s farmers to delay purchases and raising the risk of a spring scramble to apply the crop nutrient before planting season. The Texas Arctic Blast in February and Hurricane Ida in August disrupted U.S. […]

By Rod Nickel