Insights and Stories on Agrium

Agrium’s forecast disappoints

Feb. 9, 2016 at 4:44 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian fertilizer and ag retailer Agrium has joined rival PotashCorp in forecasting a weaker-than-expected 2016 profit, as prices for crop nutrients remain weak. Agrium’s Toronto-listed shares fell as much as 5.2 per cent to $110.89, its lowest in a year, as investors ignored a better-than-expected quarterly profit. The […]

Yara to buy Agrium fertilizer upgrading plant

Dec. 7, 2015 at 3:52 am CST

By Staff

Canpotex sees terminal expansion decision late next year

Nov. 23, 2015 at 7:48 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Agrium bucks fertilizer sector trend with Q3 profit

Nov. 7, 2015 at 12:53 am CST

By Rod Nickel Sneha Banerjee

Mosaic lays off staff at Sask. potash mine

Oct. 23, 2015 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

Ex-Viterra chief to take Ontario’s Hydro One public

Aug. 20, 2015 at 11:55 am CDT

The chief executive who morphed Saskatchewan Wheat Pool from a debt-crushed grain handler into Viterra, then oversaw its sale to Glencore, has been tapped to take Ontario’s Crown-owned power utility public. Toronto-based Hydro One on Thursday announced Mayo Schmidt as its new president and CEO effective Sept. 3, replacing Carmine […]

By Staff

Canola program stacks genes against new clubroot

May. 13, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Rather than send out a canola variety with a single source of resistance against clubroot — especially the disease’s most recent pathotype — Agrium’s CPS division has stacked several sources into the new hybrids it’s sending for testing this summer. Crop Production Services on Monday announced its “next generation” of […]

By Dave Bedard

Agrium to shed California UAN plant

Apr. 24, 2015 at 1:01 pm CDT

Fertilizer and ag retail firm Agrium plans to sell off its fertilizer upgrading plant in northern California. The Calgary company announced Thursday it “intends to divest” the West Sacramento plant sometime this year. On average, over the past couple of years, the plant has produced about 200,000 tonnes of nitrogen […]

By Staff

Cost-cutting Mosaic CEO collects $5.5M pay raise

Apr. 7, 2015 at 6:15 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. boosted its CEO’s pay last year by more than $5 million as a reward for slashing costs and jobs, a regulatory filing shows. Construction of excess potash capacity and fiercer competition have pressured the sector, and leading North American producers Mosaic, PotashCorp and […]

By Rod Nickel

Saskatchewan aims to ease potash tax’s price reliance

Mar. 19, 2015 at 5:35 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Resource-rich Saskatchewan wants to change the taxes it charges on production of potash, to better reflect output and lessen the influence of potash prices, the province’s economy minister said Thursday. Potash prices have weakened since 2012 as capacity has increased. Competition has also sharpened since the […]

By Rod Nickel

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Insights and Stories on Agrium

Agrium’s forecast disappoints

Yara to buy Agrium fertilizer upgrading plant

Canpotex sees terminal expansion decision late next year

Agrium bucks fertilizer sector trend with Q3 profit

Mosaic lays off staff at Sask. potash mine

Ex-Viterra chief to take Ontario’s Hydro One public

Canola program stacks genes against new clubroot

Agrium to shed California UAN plant

Cost-cutting Mosaic CEO collects $5.5M pay raise

Saskatchewan aims to ease potash tax’s price reliance

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