Insights and Stories on Crop Inputs

Breen Neeser talks to Nigel Buffone at Ag in Motion

Strong demand for generics prompts FBN expansion

Jul. 17, 2025 at 9:26 am CDT

Farmers Business Network is responding to strong demand for generic agricultural chemicals by expanding its Canadian operations.

AgraCity says it is unable to fill orders

Jun. 6, 2025 at 3:30 pm CDT

By Sean Pratt

New Richardson CEO steps in

Jan. 10, 2025 at 4:07 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll

Dec. 12, 2024 at 2:20 pm CST

By Robert Arnason

Pressure on farm income could push input prices down says FCC economist

Aug. 29, 2024 at 4:06 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Yield challenge to tap competitive, community spirit

Feb. 6, 2024 at 9:37 am CST

Farmers could win bragging rights and cash for community organizations in a new yield competition from Nutrien Ag Solutions.

By Don Norman

Corteva profit beats on higher seed prices; plans $1 bln share buyback

Feb. 1, 2024 at 9:25 am CST

Agricultural chemical and seed company Corteva beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as higher prices in its seeds business offset lower volumes and announced plans to repurchase nearly $1 billion shares in 2024.

By Reuters

Nutrien misses quarterly profit estimates as potash prices plummet

Nov. 1, 2023 at 6:23 pm CDT

Reuters — Nutrien fell short of analysts’ estimates for third-quarter profit on Wednesday, as lower potash prices weighed on the world’s biggest fertilizer producer. Potash prices have been falling after shipments from Belarus and Russia resumed. These exports had been significantly restricted last year following Western sanctions imposed on Russia […]

By Reuters

More affordability, usage of fertilizers in 2024, analyst says

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:56 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While global fertilizer prices were projected to be steady to higher in 2024, overall affordability is set to improve while usage will increase, according to one analyst. Samuel Taylor, a New York City-based farm inputs analyst for RaboResearch Food and AgriBusiness, delivered a presentation on the fertilizer market […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Simplot to buy western Saskatchewan ag retail chain

Nov. 23, 2022 at 10:03 pm CST

An independent crop input retail chain in western Saskatchewan is set to become part of agrifood firm J.R. Simplot’s retail arm. Simplot announced Nov. 15 it has a deal in place to buy G-Mac’s AgTeam, which owns and operates 15 outlets in the region, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, […]