Insights and Stories on Fertilizer

Agrium, PotashCorp in merger talks

Aug. 30, 2016 at 12:29 pm CDT

Canadian fertilizer giants Agrium and PotashCorp confirmed Tuesday they’re in “preliminary discussions” toward a possible merger-of-equals. Calgary-based Agrium and Saskatoon-based PotashCorp emphasized in separate statements Tuesday that no decision has yet been made on whether to go ahead with such a merger and no agreement has yet been reached. “There […]

Fertilizer price slump chops profits at Agrium, CF

Aug. 3, 2016 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Mosaic CEO sees opportunities to buy miners’ fertilizer assets

Aug. 2, 2016 at 2:02 pm CDT

By Amrutha Gayathri Rod Nickel

Federated Co-operatives builds new fertilizer terminals

Jul. 26, 2016 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Federated Co-operatives Limited

Turkey bans ammonium nitrate sales after bomb attacks

Jun. 10, 2016 at 6:02 am CDT

By Reuters

Vale, Yara deny talks over fertilizer unit stake

Apr. 6, 2016 at 4:24 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — Vale SA denied a report on Wednesday that it was negotiating a sale of fertilizer assets to Norway’s Yara International as the Brazilian miner seeks to raise cash following its biggest quarterly loss in decades. Valor Economico, a Brazilian business newspaper, reported Vale could sell a […]

By Reuters

Univar buys Prairie fertilizer distributor Nexus Ag

Mar. 22, 2016 at 7:12 pm CDT

U.S. chemical distribution giant Univar has bought its way further into the Prairie crop input business by taking over Saskatoon-based fertilizer wholesaler Nexus Ag. Nexus Ag, in business in the West since 1997, deals in various North American companies’ specialty fertilizers, potash, phosphates, liquid and soluble nutrients and micronutrients such […]

By Staff

Nitrates to linger for decades in N-heavy waterways, study finds

Mar. 18, 2016 at 11:32 am CDT

Lakes, rivers, streams and well water high in nitrates will stay that way for another 35 years or more, even if farmers in those watersheds were to stop applying nitrogen (N) fertilizer on their fields today, a new study shows. The study of the Mississippi River basin, published Tuesday by […]

By Staff

Fertilizer maker Yara to cut costs, raise investments

Mar. 1, 2016 at 7:04 pm CST

Oslo | Reuters –– Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara plans to cut operating costs and raise investments to become more competitive and grow its business, it said in an update ahead of an investor meeting on Tuesday. The company raised its estimate for 2016 capital expenditure to 17.9 billion Norwegian crowns […]

By Reuters

Input costs to chip away at farmers’ shrinking income

Feb. 24, 2016 at 6:02 pm CST

CNS Canada — An anticipated downturn in farm income and higher input costs mean Canadian producers will be in a tough financial position this year, the head of the National Farmers Union (NFU) predicts. Farmers’ net cash income is expected to move lower in 2016, declining nine per cent to […]

By Jade Markus