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Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

Sep. 13, 2023 at 1:45 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of the year-ago level, with 3.747 million tonnes of grain shipped through the port on the northern shores of Lake Superior as of Aug. 31. That was up by 1.1 million tonnes from the previous year’s […]

Putin to meet Erdogan amid push to revive grain deal

Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

Russia says will have talks with Turkey about alternative to Black Sea deal

Aug. 31, 2023 at 2:53 am CDT

By Reuters

Early results are in for variable rate fertilizer economics

Aug. 23, 2023 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Mark Halsall

Nutrien to pause potash ramp up, ammonia project on falling prices

Aug. 2, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Reuters

Russian diplomat accuses Ukraine of using Black Sea grain corridor for attacks

Jul. 21, 2023 at 9:21 am CDT

Moscow | Reuters – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin on Friday accused Ukraine of using a grain export corridor in the Black Sea to launch “terrorist attacks” against Russian interests, including one this week on the Crimean Bridge. Vershinin was addressing a briefing about Russia’s decision on Monday to […]

By Reuters

Black Sea grain deal expires after Russia quits

Jul. 17, 2023 at 3:22 pm CDT

United Nations/Moscow | Reuters – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine’s grain for the past year expired on Monday after Russia quit and warned it could not guarantee the safety of ships in a move the United Nations said would “strike a blow to people in […]

By Guy Faulconbridge Michelle Nichols

UN scrambles to save Black Sea deal ahead of Monday deadline

Jul. 13, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — The European Commission is helping the United Nations and Turkey try to extend a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and is open to “explore all solutions,” a European Union spokesperson said on Thursday, ahead of the deal’s possible expiration on Monday. […]

By Michelle Nichols

UN asks Putin to extend Black Sea grain deal in return for SWIFT access

Jul. 12, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of grain from Ukraine in return for connecting a subsidiary of Russia’s agricultural bank to the SWIFT international payment system, sources told Reuters. […]

By Michelle Nichols

Nutrien cuts output as West Coast port strike hits day 11

Jul. 11, 2023 at 3:40 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The world’s biggest fertilizer producer Nutrien cut production on Tuesday, citing the impact of a 11-day-old strike in Canada’s Pacific ports whose cost has now ballooned to an estimated $6 billion. Some 7,500 dock workers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU Canada) walked […]

By Ismail Shakil Steve Scherer