Insights and Stories on Fertilizer

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 […]

USDA opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

Mar. 11, 2022 at 7:29 pm CST

By Leah Douglas

Bread and war: Farmers in the fight for Ukraine

Mar. 10, 2022 at 3:48 pm CST

By Ihor Pavliuk

EU predicts pain for farmers, consumers from Ukraine crisis

Feb. 28, 2022 at 5:56 pm CST

By Reuters

Vilsack hopes fertilizer firms don’t take advantage of Ukraine crisis

Feb. 24, 2022 at 4:04 pm CST

By Reuters

With fertilizer costs high and seed scarce, U.S. farmers turn to soy

Feb. 23, 2022 at 5:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — North Dakota farmer Jennifer Meyer typically devotes at least 20 per cent of her 2,500-acre farm to corn, which provides a convenient feed for the cattle she raises with her husband. But this year she is looking to find another crop for those 500 acres near […]

By Julie Ingwersen Mark Weinraub

Nutrien takes cautious potash approach as rival copes with sanctions

Feb. 17, 2022 at 6:40 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest fertilizer company, is bumping up potash production as sanctions restrict its rival in Belarus, but is holding off on bigger expansion, its interim CEO said on Thursday. Potash prices have climbed to decade highs as state-owned Belaruskali, the second-largest producer after […]

By Rod Nickel

Two Saskatchewan co-ops to buy ag input retailer

Feb. 17, 2022 at 5:57 am CST

A pair of Saskatchewan co-operatives are expanding their reach in the crop input retail sector in that province’s northeast, with a deal to buy an independent dealership chain. Lake Country Co-op and Prairie North Co-op announced Tuesday they have agreements in place to buy the assets of Melfort-based Paragon Ag […]

By Dave Bedard

Greek farmers stage tractor protest against soaring energy costs

Feb. 4, 2022 at 5:21 pm CST

Larissa | Reuters — Farmers in central Greece on Friday protested with hundreds of tractors against soaring energy costs, dismissing government support measures as inadequate and demanding more help to cope with rising prices. The farmers parked tractors on a national highway near the town of Larissa in central Greece, […]

By Alexandros Avramidis

Nutrien eyes potash production boost amid turmoil in Russia, Belarus

Feb. 1, 2022 at 2:23 am CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Nutrien, the world’s biggest potash miner, could boost production by up to 29 per cent in coming years, depending on any sanctions facing rival producers in Russia and Belarus, the Canadian company’s interim CEO told Reuters. Prices of granular potash fertilizer are near 10-year highs in […]

By Polina Devitt Rod Nickel

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