Insights and Stories on Potash

Nutrien bolsters profit forecast on surging fertilizer prices

May. 2, 2022 at 9:53 pm CDT

Reuters — Nutrien Ltd. on Monday raised its full-year earnings forecast well above estimates after posting a more than 10-fold jump in first-quarter profit, as the world’s largest fertilizer company benefits strongly from soaring prices of crop nutrients. Prices of essential crop nutrients such as potash and phosphate skyrocketed in […]

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Mar. 23, 2022 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Nutrien to produce ‘most potash ever’ in 2022

Mar. 18, 2022 at 3:30 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Canadian and U.S. shippers brace for possible CP strike

Mar. 15, 2022 at 12:06 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

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

Feb. 24, 2022 at 4:04 pm CST

By Reuters

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

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

Thunder Bay shipping season wraps up

Jan. 14, 2022 at 8:27 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The last vessel of the shipping season will depart the Port of Thunder Bay on Friday. Grain handling volumes were down on the year, but increases in other categories helped limit the overall reduction in movement through the northern Lake Superior port. The 2021 navigation season will come […]

By MarketsFarm

Yara to stop buying potash from Belarus due to sanctions

Jan. 10, 2022 at 1:40 pm CST

Oslo | Reuters — Norwegian fertilizer maker Yara said on Monday it will wind down purchases of potash from Belarus by April 1 as international sanctions made it impossible to continue the trade. Yara estimates that it buys 10-15 per cent of the annual output of state-owned Belaruskali, one of […]

By Terje Solsvik Victoria Klesty

Nutrien makes surprise CEO switch again despite strong profits

Jan. 4, 2022 at 1:36 pm CST

Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien, the world’s biggest fertilizer producer by capacity, surprised investors by replacing its chief executive on Tuesday for the second time in eight months, even as the company rakes in strong profits. Nutrien said in a statement it named Ken Seitz, the head of its potash business, […]

By Rithika Krishna Rod Nickel