Insights and Stories on Fertilizer

Worsening global food security needs Ukraine, Russia production, UN chief says

May. 4, 2022 at 8:07 pm CDT

Abuja | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday the problem of global food security could not be solved without restoring Ukrainian agricultural production and Russian food and fertilizer output to the world market. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February has added to volatility in financial markets, sending commodity […]

CF Industries profit soars as sanctions raise fertilizer prices

May. 4, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

Nutrien may further raise potash output as sanctions curb other supplies

May. 3, 2022 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Nutrien bolsters profit forecast on surging fertilizer prices

May. 2, 2022 at 9:53 pm CDT

StatsCan predicts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2022

Apr. 26, 2022 at 1:26 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Farming behind the lines: Ukraine’s farmers sow amidst wreckage

Apr. 19, 2022 at 2:02 pm CDT

In early April, Ukrainian soldiers expelled the Russian invaders from the northern regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The wounded enemy left, leaving behind burned-out war machines and the unburied corpses of his soldiers. However, the invaders managed to do a lot of damage. Many of you are […]

By Ihor Pavliuk

CF Industries warns of shipment delays via Union Pacific

Apr. 14, 2022 at 6:19 pm CDT

Reuters — Fertilizer firm CF Industries on Thursday warned of delays in shipment of its nitrogen fertilizers, a week after Union Pacific mandated certain shippers to reduce the volume of private cars on its rails. The announcement of delay also comes a month after CF said it is increasing fertilizer […]

By Reuters

No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

Apr. 6, 2022 at 8:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard to woo farmers on its benefits for their crops. Now, […]

By Bianca Flowers P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

Australian canola production heading downward, but still sizeable

Apr. 5, 2022 at 5:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite canola production in Australia being set to drop 26 per cent in 2022-23, the country’s farmers are still projected to harvest the second largest crop, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Canberra. In the attaché’s report, released Monday, canola production for the coming crop […]